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Rising from Adversity TOHOKU, ONE YEAR ON
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PRIME MINISTER'S DIARY PM Addresses the Foreign Media ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda offered a "group interview" to representatives of eighteen foreign press organizations on March 3.
COVER STORY Rising from Adversity TOHOKU, ONE YEAR ON ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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March 11 marks the one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the devastating tsunamis which followed it. In this month's Cover Story, we meet numerous non-Japanese who have supported the extraordinary recovery and reconstruction activities which are still ongoing in the affected region.
Return of the Chinese Trainees ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(172KB) |
Trainees from China have been returning to their positions at marine product and food processing plants in Iwate Prefecture.
Learning the Spirit of Omotenashi ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(216KB) |
Two young Taiwanese women, who were just eight days in Japan when the Great East Japan Earthquake struck, are still working happily at the Hanamaki Minami Onsen-kyo Village in Iwate Prefecture.
Building Connections ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(386KB) |
Long-time resident of Japan Steve Yamaguchi continues to put his weight behind reconstruction activities in Miyagi Prefecture.
Home Is Where the Heart Is ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(263KB) |
Vincent Dromer from France is back in the kitchen of his family-owned patisserie in Shiogama, Miyagi Prefecture.
Radio "Mutual Assistance" ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(109KB) |
The Bayanihan Kesennuma Filipino Community and its radio show has been bringing comfort and support to listeners both in Japan and overseas.
Research Resumed ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(109KB) |
Metallic materials researcher Zhao Xiaoli from China has been doing "whatever she can" to help get her university, Tohoku University in Sendai, back on its feet.
Bridge Building through Language ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(247KB) |
Assistant language teacher Jake Derector was teaching in Ishinomaki when the March 11 tsunami struck his adopted town...
Ishinomaki Graffiti ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(153KB) |
Japanese-Brazilian artist Titi Freak has brought a splash of color to temporary housing in Ishinomaki.
Royal Return for Koriyama Curry Chefs ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(118KB) |
To the delight of their regular customers, two Indian chefs have returned to the restaurant where they worked in Koriyama.
From Rwanda with Love ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(301KB) |
Kambenga Marie Louise from Rwanda has enjoyed a close connection with her "second home," Fukushima, for almost two decades.
Canada's "Biggest Fan" of Fukushima ( HTML : English / Japanese ) | PDF(141KB) |
Fukushima University's William McMichael considers it "[my] role to establish links between Fukushima and Canada, and between Fukushima and the rest of the world."
YAMATO NADESHIKO Machizukuri Mariko ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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Leading urban planner Mariko Saigo has been lending her skills to reconstruction activities in tsunami- hit Ishinomaki.
JAPAN BRAND Not Just Any Old Iron ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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Iwachu Casting Works in Iwate Prefecture has won international recognition for the products it makes based on centuries-old techniques.
TRAVEL Let It Snow ( HTML : English / Japanese ) |
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The Ouchijuku Snow Festival was held as always in February in idyllic Minamiaizu-gun.
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