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Volcanic Island Hit By Series Of Quakes

2013-04-17T09:01:28Z

TOKYO -- A strong earthquake and about 20 smaller temblors struck a small volcanic island south of Tokyo on Wednesday, slightly injuring three people ...

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Japan Earthquake Leaves Several Injured

2013-04-12T23:53:43Z

TOKYO — A strong earthquake shook Japan on Saturday near the southwestern city of Kobe, leaving 22 people injured, seven of them seriously &ndas...

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Sophia Slater: Tohoku Two Years On

2013-03-12T09:41:31Z

Two years have gone by, and there is still so much to do. It is up to us to work with the people in the affected areas to keep going, and to overcome all that stands between them and recovery.

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2 Years After Tsunami, Japan Continues To Struggle

2013-03-11T02:17:39Z

TOKYO — Amid growing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of recovery, Japan marked the second anniversary Monday of the devastating earthquake an...

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Michael Bennett: Two Years Later: My Experiences in the Aftermath of the Earthquake in Japan

2013-03-10T18:00:11Z

I didn't really write much about the earthquake the month after it happened because after the initial shock, I didn't know how much it would change me or my life. I've only just started getting used to buildings rumbling due to large trucks.

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Tsunami Debris Continues To Wash Up Thousands Of Miles From Japan

2013-03-09T15:38:56Z

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Two years ago, the yellow buoy was hanging as part of a restaurant sign in the coastal community of Minamisanriku in northern ...

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Gail Nakada: Japan's Earthquake Coast Emerges From Disaster

2013-03-09T10:30:00Z

A number of city's are still trying to figure out what to do with the wastelands left by the killer waves.

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Sophia Slater: Helping After the Great East Japan Earthquake: When Money May Not Be Enough

2013-02-21T18:00:33Z

We as human beings have the responsibility to help the survivors come to terms with their tragedy and current situation. We don't need to push our help onto them, nor do we need to tell them what we think is best. We just need to be there for them.

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The World's Most Popular Automaker Revealed

2013-01-14T08:36:49Z

DETROIT (AP) — Toyota has once again dethroned General Motors as the world's top-selling automaker.
The Japanese company sold 9.7 mil...

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Steve Parker: Toyota's $1 Billion Settlement -- What You Don't Know

2013-01-02T15:44:08Z

Toyota still has made no claim of responsibility for unintended acceleration due to electronic or sticky throttle problems. The now-settled class action makes those claims specifically.

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Powerful Quake Hits Japan

2012-12-07T03:41:33Z

TOKYO -- A strong earthquake Friday struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami, generating small waves but no ...

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Ann Tashi Slater: Writing After Disaster: The Great East Japan Earthquake

2012-10-10T11:32:44Z

At 2:46 p.m. I felt the ground start to shake. Tremors are common in Tokyo, but this time was different: the shaking just kept getting stronger and stronger.

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International Emmy Nods Include Haiti Orphans, 'Occupy,' Japan Earthquake

2012-08-22T12:02:19Z

NEW YORK -- Television productions that explored the children orphaned by Haiti's devastating earthquake and took viewers aboard a boat smuggling refu...

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PHOTOS: 'Joggler' Beats World Record For Charity

2012-07-31T14:04:38Z

A student at the University of Florida spread both laughter and goodwill as he used his unconventional talent to break his third Guinness World Record...

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Japanese Nuclear Plant Operator Bailed Out To The Tune Of $12.8 Billion

2012-07-31T06:51:01Z

ONAGAWA, Japan — The Japanese operator of the nuclear power plant devastated in last year's disasters received a 1 trillion yen ($12.8 billion) ...

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Officials Eyeing Possible Tsunami Debris Off Washington

2012-07-24T11:37:42Z

WESTPORT, Wash. (AP) — Officials are monitoring a large piece of possible tsunami debris that appears to be a barge about 25 miles off Washington st...

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Japan Investigates Reports Of Radiation-Detector Tampering

2012-07-21T02:40:00Z

TOKYO, July 21 (Reuters) - Japan's health ministry said it would investigate reports that workers at the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant were...

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Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Hits Japan

2012-06-05T16:22:15Z

(Reuters) - A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck 120 miles southeast of Mito off Japan's main Honshu island at 1931 GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological S...

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Amy Chavez: Why I Don't Buy Japan's Nuclear Restart

2012-05-31T18:36:37Z

We have a problem distinguishing between wants and needs. Needs are food, clothing and shelter. Wants are iPods, Lady Gaga and nuclear energy. Honestly, we could all do with a good scolding from Mother Nature.

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Does Radioactive Tuna Mean Fukushima Was Worse Than Expected?

2012-05-31T11:18:56Z

By Natalie Wolchover, Life's Little Mysteries Staff Writer:

Radioactive isotopes from Japan's Fukushima nuclear disaster turned up in bluefin tuna ...

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Radioactive Bluefin Tuna In U.S. Traced To Japan Nuclear Disaster

2012-05-28T20:28:16Z

LOS ANGELES -- Across the vast Pacific, the mighty bluefin tuna carried radioactive contamination that leaked from Japan's crippled nuclear plant to t...

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Japanese Tsunami Debris Looms Off U.S. Coasts

2012-05-27T13:36:57Z

From Mother Nature Network's Russell McLendon:

The Pacific Ocean is no stranger to litter, thanks to a big maritime mess known as the Great Pacific...

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Tsunami Debris Washes Up In Alaska

2012-05-23T16:21:46Z

Bottles, plastic foam and floating buoys are just a few of the scattershot items washing ashore in Alaska, part of a wave of debris surging toward U.S...

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Strong Earthquake Rattles Japan

2012-05-23T12:49:00Z

TOKYO -- A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of northeastern Japan, but no tsunami is expected.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the magnitud...

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Tara Fass: New Film 'I Wish' Spotlights Divorce's Effect On Kids

2012-05-14T18:00:12Z

"I Wish" is a touching modern day folk tale created by Hirokazu Kore-eda ("Nobody Knows", "Still Walking"), told from the child-like perspective of two young brothers separated and longing for each other.

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