The Latest Breaking News from Great East Japan Earthquake

Robot looks for children missing in 2011 tsunami

SENDAI -- A technical college in Sendai has developed a self-propelled robot equipped with ground-penetrating radar, which it recently deployed to search for four elementary school children missing since the tsunami caused by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 20, 2023

12 years after Great East Japan Earthquake / Combined school, daycare to open in Fukushima Prefecture

AIZU-WAKAMATSU, Fukushima -- A school is to reopen in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, in April after a 12-year hiatus. Residents of the town were ordered to evacuate following the nuclear disaster triggered by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 16, 2023

Hanging out

A worker hangs sauries out to dry in the town of Onagawa in Miyagi Prefecture, which is known for landing large volumes of the fish. About 12,000 of the fish have been hung on wooden racks at Yamahon Bayfoods, a seafood processing company. Exposing the fish to the cold air…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 2, 2023

Warnings highlight insufficient measures to bolster electricity supply

Hit by a cold wave, the Kanto region has fallen into the worst power crisis since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. The government and electric power companies need to seriously reflect on their over-optimistic outlook and take countermeasures.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 23, 2022

Preserve, utilize valuable firsthand data on Great East Japan Earthquake

Websites that collect records of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake are a means to pass on memories and lessons learned from the unprecedented disaster to future generations, disseminating them both at home and abroad. It is vital not only to preserve such valuable materials, but also to increase the…

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 17, 2022

Remembering victims of 3/11

Memorial services for victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake were held in affected areas Friday, commemorating the 11th year since the disaster.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 11, 2022

Foster new industries to promote Tohoku region's disaster-hit areas

Friday marks 11 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake, which left more than 22,000 people dead or missing. Let us pray together for the repose of the souls of the victims and renew our determination to pass on to future generations the lessons learned from the disaster.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 10, 2022

'Miraculous lone pine' stump and root network to go on tour

RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate -- The stump and root network of the "miraculous lone pine," a tree that survived the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011, attracted visitors in Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate Prefecture, as the 11th anniversary of the disaster neared.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 2, 2022

Iwate: 'Miraculous lone pine' stump and root network to go on tour

RIKUZEN-TAKATA, Iwate -- The stump and root network of the "miraculous lone pine," a tree that survived the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami in March 2011, attracted visitors in Rikuzen-Takata, Iwate Prefecture, as the 11th anniversary of the disaster neared.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Mar 1, 2022

Tsunami-ravaged school to be opened to public

Kadonowaki Elementary School in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, which was damaged in a fire sparked by the 2011 tsunami, is to be opened to the public in April as a remnant of the damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.

The Japan News/Yomiuri · Feb 20, 2022