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Yokozuna Hakuho stands next to a monument along with local children to mark the rebuilding of a sumo dohyo in Yamada, Iwate Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo) When yokozuna Hakuho turned 26 on March 11, 2011, the tragic events that transpired on his birthday that day made him feel it was his destiny to be a symbol of hope and encouragement.  That link to the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami has come out not only in Hakuho's comments after sumo tournaments over the years, but also through his efforts to help children in the disaster-stricken areas. Hakuho, who has won a record 44 E...

Mieko Konno, left, principal of Takata Elementary School in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on Oct. 20, 2020, introduces a woman who lost her son in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. (Provided by Mieko Konno) RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate Prefecture—In this coastal city, almost everyone has a story of tragedy related to the 2011 disaster. But teachers at the city-run Takata Elementary School here had shielded the pupils from anything related to the tsunami that tore through the city on March 11, 2011. School staff were concerned that the children were not old enough to hear about the Great East Jap...

Workers use gas burners at a glasshouse on Sept. 20, 2019, that opened in Minami-Soma, Fukushima Prefecture, after the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Shoko Rikimaru) The central government’s “reconstruction and revitalization period” for the Tohoku region is nearing an end and various infrastructure projects have been completed, but one thing remains missing in certain areas: people. Under the post-disaster rebuilding period (fiscal 2016 to fiscal 2020), seawalls have been erected to protect the coast from future tsunami, projects are under way to promote ne...

Michiyo Suzuki remains undecided on whether to return to her hometown of Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, where the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is located. Michiyo Suzuki is pictured on Dec. 16, 2020, in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, a city she said she will never consider her real home. (Kyodo) When a massive earthquake and tsunami struck on March 11, 2011, her family was unable to find a space in an evacuation center and was forced instead to spend the night in their car. The next morning, they were simply instructed to "flee to the west." Only after she reached an elementary sch...