Japan Tsunami 2011

Toyota's Bold Predicition

AP | YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 05.09.2012

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TOKYO -- Toyota's quarterly profit more than quadrupled to 121 billion yen ($1.5 billion), and the automaker gave upbeat forecasts as it recovers from...

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Soccer Ball Lost In Japan's Tsunami Found On Alaska Shores

Posted 04.22.2012

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A soccer ball that was lost in the tsunami that devastated Japan in March 2011 has travelled more than 3,100 miles across the Pacific Ocean to wash up...

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Another Massive Tsunami Could Hit Japan, Experts Warn

AP | By ELAINE KURTENBACH | Posted 04.02.2012

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TOKYO -- Much of Japan's Pacific coast could be inundated by a tsunami more than 34 meters (112 feet) high if a powerful earthquake hits offshore, acc...

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A Tsunami of Trash Reaches Our Shores Every Year

Vikki N. Spruill | Posted 03.28.2012

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You name it, and our volunteers have found it on the beach: toilet seats, washing machines, couches and, of course, the proverbial kitchen sink. This year someone even found a floating 100-pound safe. But no matter what that safe contained, I can tell you this trash is no treasure.

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'Ghost Ship' Off Canada Heralds Arrival Of Tsunami Debris

Reuters | Posted 03.27.2012

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(Mallos removes inaccurate references to California in quotes describing area of debris, paragaphs 17, 18) By Bill Rigby ...

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Tsunami Japanese Fishing Boat Found In Canada

AP | Posted 03.24.2012

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- A large fishing vessel swept away by the tsunami that devastated Japan last year has been spotted adrift off British Co...

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Learning From Japan's Disaster

Christal Smith | Posted 05.13.2012

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Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and a delegation of first responders from throughout California recently returned from a fact finding mission to the earthquake torn areas of Northern Japan to learn lessons that can be applied here.

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PHOTOS: A Trip Back To Fukushima

Kathleen Massara | Posted 05.11.2012

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When we receive the announcement that we're about to arrive at Fukushima station, I momentarily panic.

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Putting My Disaster Relief Training to Work

Mark Dyer | Posted 05.08.2012

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On our deployment we saw what it meant for people to be able to live with dignity again, taking the most basic life ingredients we were able to provide.

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Tsunami, Destruction And Creation

Thomas Shomaker | Posted 05.05.2012

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An overwhelmingly coastal population living in an earthquake-prone region also understands that regardless of the plans one makes, circumstances can intervene and sweep them away.

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PHOTOS: The Worst Natural Disasters Of 2011

Posted 12.30.2011

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2011 was not a pretty year in terms of natural disasters. Around the world, regions were slammed with extreme weather and catastrophes resulting in co...

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Turkey Quake Survivor: Laptop Light 'Gave Me A Hope To Live'

Posted 01.11.2012

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She came to help the victims of the devastating earthquake that hit Turkey in October, yet when a second tremor struck the country, Japanese aid worke...

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Japan Intervenes In Market To Weaken Its Currency

AP | By MALCOLM FOSTER | Posted 12.31.2011

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TOKYO -- The dollar jumped about 5 percent against the yen Monday after Japan intervened to weaken its currency, whose appreciation has threatened the...

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Japan To Earthquake Evacuees: Welcome Home

AP | By ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 11.30.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan lifted some evacuation advisories around the tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant Friday to reassure tens of thousands o...

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Deadly Typhoon Leaves Japan; Nuclear Plant Intact

AP | By YURI KAGEYAMA | Posted 11.22.2011

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TOKYO -- The second major typhoon in a month made its way out of Japan on Thursday after triggering landslides and floods that left at least 16 people...

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U.N. Nuclear Agency Adopts Post-Fukushima Safety Plan

AP | By GEORGE JAHN | Posted 11.13.2011

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VIENNA -- A 35-nation meeting of the U.N. nuclear agency on Tuesday adopted a post-Fukushima nuclear safety plan – despite gripes by influential...

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Japan's New PM: Nation Should Aim To Reduce Nuclear Power

AP | Posted 11.13.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan's new prime minister has promised to restart nuclear plants following safety checks ordered after the crisis at the tsunami-damaged Fuk...

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Japanese Floating Lantern Ceremony Commemorates Victims Of 9/11 And Tsunami (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.12.2011

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A traditional Japanese floating lantern ceremony took place on Sunday, September 11 in New York City to commemorate the victims of the World Trade Cen...

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Japan's Trade Minister Leaves Over Nuclear Crisis Gaffe

AP | By TOMOKO A. HOSAKA | Posted 11.10.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan's new trade minister resigned Saturday over a remark seen as insensitive to nuclear evacuees, dealing a blow to a government that took ...

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On Tiny Japanese Island, Stoic Recovery For Tsunami Victims

Le Monde/Worldcrunch | Philippe Pons | Posted 10.24.2011

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OSHIMA -- Five months after the disaster, the small island of Oshima continues to paint a picture of total devastation. The island's small port is des...

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Watch: Did Japan Ignore Own Radiation Forecast?

Posted 10.09.2011

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The Japanese government is reeling from new allegations that it suppressed information during the meltdown of the Fukushima nuclear power plant. I...

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Japan Withheld Information About Nuclear Disaster From Evacuees

The New York Times | NORIMITSU ONISHI and MARTIN FACKLER | Posted 10.08.2011

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FUKUSHIMA, Japan -- The day after a giant tsunami set off the continuing disaster at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, thousands of residents at th...

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Japan Tsunami Broke Huge Icebergs Off Antarctica, Study Finds

LiveScience | OurAmazingPlanet Staff | Posted 10.08.2011

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The massive March 11 Japan earthquake and its ensuing tsunami were so powerful that they broke off huge icebergs thousands of miles away in Antarctica...

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Japan Prime Minister Calls For 'Gradual' Nuclear Reduction

AP | By ERIC TALMADGE | Posted 09.28.2011

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TOKYO -- Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday called for a long-term and careful effort to scale back the nation's reliance on nuclear power ove...

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Japan Plant Clean-Up Suspended Due To Rising Radiation Levels

Reuters | Posted 08.17.2011

TOKYO, Jun 18 (Reuters) - The operator of Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant, said on Saturday it had suspended an operation to clean ...

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