Otsuchi News Today

In a garden in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, sits an unconnected phone booth. No calls can be made or received, but visitors to the phone booth often linger for hours

Reconstruction and land development in coastal areas of the Tohoku region are nearly complete, 13 years after the destruction caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, but populations have not recovered.

RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--A 93-year-old woman here who survived the Great East Japan Earthquake seems to have drunk from the Fountain of Youth.

Death can be isolating and dehumanizing. The community of death-care workers in Philadelphia forging a more dignified path for the dying.

A team from Iwate Prefecture is just one of many grassroots campaigns mobilizing to support quake victims.

The annual event organized by Hospice Yukon began with an opening ceremony on Dec. 14

Wind Phone for grief proposed to Fernie

Local specialties from the land and sea in the northeastern Sanriku region are being served fresh not only for people, but their pet canines.

Billed as "a high-octane action thriller that outlines the emotional journey of a man who is set to rectify the wrongs in the society", the film has grossed Rs 574.89 crore worldwide in box office collections since its release on September 7.

The identities were confirmed in June this year through mitochondrial DNA testing.