Stay updated with breaking news from 2011 Disaster. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Hiroshima resident Hidenobu Fukumoto was astonished when he learned there was once a plan to build a nuclear power plant in his hometown, the first city devastated by a nuclear bomb.
KESENNUMA, Miyagi Prefecture--Seietsu Sato, after spending hours toiling to rescue residents as a firefighter after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, collapsed on learning that his beloved wife was among those listed as missing.
RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture--Postal carrier Koyo Funano was preparing for his route at the Rikuzentakata Post Office parking lot close to the coastline here when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck in 2011.
The area devastated by the Fukushima nuclear accident will host an international research and education institute in April next year, which would significantly boost the population around the crippled nuclear power plant.
Tokyo Electric Power Co. will raise seafood at its stricken Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in a bid to ease concerns about its plan to release treated radioactive water stored there into the ocean.