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CNN
| 1 year ago
And, most notably, a rust-stained unmanned fishing trawler in Alaskan waters. Communities in Alaska, Hawaii, the West Coast and Canada are preparing for the main event from debris pushed offshore by last year's massive Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
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CNN
| 1 year ago
And, most notably, a rust-stained unmanned fishing trawler in Alaskan waters. Communities in Alaska, Hawaii, the West Coast and Canada are preparing for the main event from debris pushed offshore by last year's massive Japanese earthquake and tsunami.
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Mail Online UK
| 1 year ago
25 April 2012 They were items used in everyday life in Japan, but now they're poignant reminders of devastating tragedy 4,000 miles away. Thousands of bits of debris washed out to sea by the Japanese tsunami a year ago have started turning up on the...
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Japan Times
| 1 year ago
David Baxter, a 51-year-old engineer, and his Japanese wife, Yumi, 44, said by telephone that they were happy to learn that the volleyball's owner, Shiori Sato, 19, of Iwate Prefecture, was also safe. Iwate was one of the coastal prefectures hit...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
A soccer ball found washed up on the shores of Alaska's Middleton Island will be returned to its rightful owner: a Japan ese teenager named Misaki Murakami, who lost all of his worldly possessions during last year's tsunami. Share This Story An...
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Gawker
| 1 year ago
Tsunami Debris Found On Remote Alaskan Island to Be Returned to Owners The first two traceable pieces of debris to arrive on US shores following the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami are a soccer ball and a volleyball belonging to two teenagers from...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
A number of objects, both large and small, have so far made their way as far as the coast of North America, including a rusty fishing trawler that the U.S...Misaki Murakami, a 16-year-old high school student, says he has "no doubt" that the ball is...
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CNN
| 1 year ago
And it may soon be returned to its owner more than three thousand miles away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. David Baxter, a technician at the radar station on Middleton Island in the Gulf of Alaska, came across the ball as he was beach...
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International Business Times
| 1 year ago
A Japan ese teenager whose football was swept away by the devastating tsunami off Japan in 2011 is over the moon after his prized possession turned up in Alaska. Share This Story Misaki Murakami's football, which had the youngster's name inscribed on...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 1 year ago
A football that bobbed onto the shore of a remote Alaska island is likely the first salvageable debris from last year's Japanese tsunami that could be returned to its owner, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Office of...
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BBC
| 1 year ago
Boy's football lost in tsunami found in Alaska David and Yumi Baxter alerted US officials to the discovery of the ball A football swept away by last year's tsunami and found on a remote Alasakan island is to be returned after its teenage Japanese...
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Leader Post Online
| 1 year ago
Retrieving a lost football is standard fare for many teenagers, but one Japanese schoolboy is getting his ball back all the way from Alaska, where it drifted following last year's tsunami. Misaki Murakami, 16, lost his house and all its contents when...
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AP Online
| 1 year ago
A 16-year-old who lost his home in Japan's devastating tsunami now knows that one prized possession survived: a soccer ball that made it all the way to Alaska.
Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say the...
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Fox
| 1 year ago
Associated Press Good thing Misaki Murakami's name was on his soccer ball. It was lost in last year's tsunami in Japan but has been found across the Pacific on a remote Alaskan island. Kyodo News agency says the 16-year-old from the devastated town...
