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Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, was devastated by the tsunami on March 11, 2011. Now its rebuilt fishing industry is facing fresh challenges. | REUTERS
Jiji Mar 5, 2021
Sendai – Poor catches countrywide apparently caused by global warming are posing a new challenge for fishermen in the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami a decade later.
“It seems too bad to be true,” Takanobu Takahashi, 77, who has been involved in the fishing business for over 50 years in Onagawa, Miyagi Prefecture, said, alarmed by the record-breaking deterioration of catches in recent years. He previously served as head of a buyers’ cooperative at the fish market in Onagawa, a coastal town hit hard by the disaster on March 11, 2011.
. Japanese Hollywood star Ken Watanabe ( Last Samurai , Batman Begins , Godzilla , Transformers ) raised international attention for the disaster and has listened to the stories of more than 20,000 people in the past decade. The documentary follows the actor as he visits the communities most affected by the disaster and gets to know its victims. The program airs Saturday, March 6. (UTC) Another international TV premiere,
Generation March 11: Their 10
Years Journey, tells the stories and follows the progress of the lives of children born in the disaster areas. Part of the anniversary programming is also a new documentary on one of Japan s most prolific and award-winning stop-motion animation artists, Tomoyasu Murata, and his work commemorating the victims of the disaster, broadcast as a special edition of the
By THE JAPAN NEWS-YOMIURI Published: March 5, 2021 TOKYO The U.S. military s Operation Tomodachi relief efforts were vital to the people of Oshima island in Kesennuma. The island was severely damaged by the tsunami that followed the Great East Japan Earthquake, and was cut off from the mainland, leaving over 3,000 people stranded. Interactions between islanders and Marines involved in the operation continued afterwards. To leave a testament to their friendship, a group of islanders have built a monument and will hold an unveiling ceremony on Sunday, inviting Marines and others. In the immediate aftermath of the disaster, in which the tsunami destroyed the port and ferries, relief supplies could not reach the island in bulk. On March 27, 2011, 16 days after the disaster, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and others transported supplies by sea, and on April 1, they landed on the island, where they spent about a week setting up showers and removing debris with heavy machinery.