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Early photos of northern Japan capture a time of change
Sapporo :: Japan | 1 month ago
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Although photography entered Japan in the mid-19th century, it took time to spread beyond the few port cities permitted to engage in trade with the West at that time. As a result, it was several decades before this imported Western technology reached
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Business › UNIQLO to open first megastore in Tohoku region
Sendai :: Japan | 3 months ago
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The spacious sales floor is designed to make it easy for customers to navigate the store and browse for truly great clothing...Sendai Izumi Store many signature items at stunning, one-time promotional prices for four days from Friday March 15 through
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State to fund Tohoku plant building
Ōsaka :: Japan | 4 months ago
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The government will set aside tens of billions of yen under the fiscal 2013 state budget starting April 1 for these subsidies, the sources said Thursday. The program, which will remain in place until fiscal 2015, is designed to encourage corporate
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Abe vows to speed Tohoku recovery work
Ishinomaki :: Japan | 4 months ago
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday vowed to speed up reconstruction of areas ravaged by the March 2011 quake and tsunami as he inspected temporary housing for evacuees and disaster-hit firms in Miyagi Prefecture. "It is our duty to accelerate
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Ise donates cypress logs to fix Tohoku shrines
Ishinomaki :: Japan | 4 months ago
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The shrine conducts the Shikinen Sengu ceremony once every 20 years to transfer enshrined objects to newly constructed buildings. This year, Ise Shrine will provide cypress logs from trees grown in the area to be used as construction material at
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Faith, fellowship band Tohoku's foreign wives
Ōfunato :: Japan | 4 months ago
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When the ground shook and buildings trembled that cold afternoon in March 2011, the first words to come into Gina Konishi's head were "Diyos ko po," a Tagalog prayer that means "God please help me." The 32-year-old Filipino resident of Ofunato, Iwate
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Tagalog-fluent priest tends to Tohoku flock
Morioka :: Japan | 4 months ago
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Antonius Harnoko, an Indonesia missionary in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, is offering psychological and spiritual support to foreign residents in the Tohoku region ravaged by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011. Harnoko, 42, is especially helpful
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Reconstruction efforts lagging
Ōsaka :: Japan | 5 months ago
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The central government and citizens outside the disaster-hit areas should remember that the lives of many victims remain shattered and that the reconstruction of local economies is far from finished. Merely accelerating the speed of reconstruction
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There are 'snow monsters' who can help save Tohoku
Kyōto :: Japan | 5 months ago
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Spending some money on skiing among snow monsters and soaking in hot-spring baths is a good way to help the Tohoku region of northeastern Honshu recover from the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, the terrible tsunami it triggered and the
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Fukuoka: What should be the next prime minister's top three priorities?
Kitakyūshū :: Japan | 6 months ago
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Ian Ruxton, 56 Kitakyushu resident (British) Send Self-Defense Forces right now to defend the Senkaku Islands and build on them, taking a leaf out of South Korea's book; repair and restore good relations with the U.S., which have dipped recently; and
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