Japanese Leader Meets With Antinuclear Protesters
By HIROKO TABUCHI
Published: August 22, 2012

TOKYO - For the first time since antinuclear rallies began months ago outside Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda’s office, a dozen protesters were allowed inside on Wednesday for a half-hour meeting that the fledgling movement hailed as a victory. The meeting ( Read more... )

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The flowers have finally opened.

That’s the feeling with this year’s sakura (cherry blossom) bloom in Tōhoku.

In a normal year they would have all fallen by now, but with the Sakura’s arrival more or less 10 days late, many are enjoying them right up to the start of the Golden Week holidays.


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Instruments crafted from homes, trees washed away by tsunami at center of musical relay project

By MAYU YOSHIDA
Kyoto
Rikuzentakata, Iwate Pref. - When a violin's melody wafted through the air in a tsunami-devastated area of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on the first anniversary of the March 2011 disasters, what astonished people was not just its ( Read more... )

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Strong offshore quake hits Japan's northeast coast, No Tsunami Threat.

TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck off Japan's northeastern coast Friday, triggering a tsunami advisory that was later lifted.

Japan's Meteorological Agency said the quake hit at 2:36 p.m. (0536 GMT) and was centered slightly south of ( Read more... )

Very strong aftershock out of the Honshu coast, Japan - tsunami advisory in place ( Read more... )