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High school students want to hand down 2011 disaster experience Around 90 percent of high school students at six schools in northeastern Japan said they wanted their experiences from the March 11, 2011, quake, tsunami and nuclear disaster to be handed down to future generations in the hope lessons can be learned, a Kyodo News survey found Tuesday. In the survey that was distributed to 210 students, 89 percent, or 187 students, said they would generally like to hand down their memories to those ...

Construction continues in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The infrastructure projects include river embankments, bridges and roads. (Shigetaka Kodama using a drone) ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--This coastal city has been transformed, courtesy of a massive injection in government reconstruction spending following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that reduced it to ruins. But the 1.9 trillion yen ($17.9 billion) pumped in to rebuild the northeastern city facing the Pacific did little to ...

Thousands of visitors have made trips to the phone, including people who have lost relatives to sickness and suicide

Thousands of visitors from across Japan have made trips to the phone, including people who have lost relatives to sickness and suicide.

In a garden on a hill, under the wide boughs of a cherry tree, a white phone booth glistens in the early spring light.

Q&A: 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and current status The following are questions and answers on the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster and developments thereafter. Q: What happened on March 11, 2011? A: At 2:46 p.m., a magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck off northeastern Japan, triggering tsunami waves as high as around 15 meters which hit areas on the Pacific coast. Combined photo shows a tsunami-hit area (top) in Otsuchi, Iwate Prefecture, on March 27, 2011, about two weeks after the earthquake-...

A public elementary school building in northeastern Japan where more than 80 pupils and teachers lost their lives in the 2011 tsunami is scheduled to open possibly in April as a memorial to those impacted by the disaster. Okawa Elementary School in Miyagi Prefecture, located&#x20...

Opinions are divided among residents, with some bereaved families saying they cannot bear the sight of the building.

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