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Buddhists Remember Japan's Tsunami Victims

SOMA, Japan -- Buddhist priests in black and gold robes chanted and rang bells Thursday to mark the 49th day since Japan's massive tsunami when the dead are believed to end their restless wandering through the devastated coastline. About 1,200 mourners filled a hall to overflowing, with many standing outside a gate, for a...

With 12,000 Still Missing, Japan Keeps Searching

SHICHIGAHAMAMACHI, Japan -- A line of somber soldiers walked methodically through a drained swamp Monday, with each step sinking their slender poles into the muck beneath. If one hit a body, he would know. "Bodies feel very distinctive," said Michihiro Ose, a spokesman for the Japanese army's 22nd infantry regiment. The...

Careful Search for Mementos Slows Japan Rebuilding

KESENNUMA, Japan -- Sakuji Funayama watched intently as a giant steel claw tore chunks off the remains of his two-story home, ripped open like a dollhouse by last month's tsunami and washed up onto a pile of debris. Suddenly, he spied something, waved his arms and pointed. The claw froze and a half dozen construction...

Japan Plans Disaster Budget, Building 100K Homes

TOKYO -- Japan's government proposed a special $50 billion (4 trillion yen) budget to help finance reconstruction efforts Friday and plans to build 100,000 temporary homes for survivors of last month's devastating earthquake and tsunami. The twin disasters destroyed roads, ports, farms and homes and crippled a nuclear...

Students Return to School in Japan's Disaster Zone

KESENNUMA, Japan -- In the gray of early morning, plastic curtains are pulled back from the school gym's windows and 260 evacuees sleeping on blankets stir to life under basketball hoops. For 13-year-old Yuka Chiba, it's the first day of eighth grade. Yuka hasn't been at school since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami...

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06/03/12 Honda powers Japan to victory over Oman Source: Shanghai Daily KEISUKE Honda inspired Japan to a comfortable 3-0 home victory over Oman yesterday in their opening game of the final round of Asian 2014 World Cup qualifiers.
06/03/12 Tokyo subway nerve-gas attack suspect arrested Source: The Guardian - London - UK One of the two remaining fugitive members of the doomsday cult behind the 1995 nerve gas attack on Tokyo subways was arrested on Sunday, Japanese media said.
06/03/12 Director's dark outlook helped define Japan's postwar... Source: Perth News Adam Lowenstein In this imaginative new work, Adam Lowenstein explores the ways in which a group of groundbreaking horror films engaged the haunting social conflicts left in the wake of World War II, Hiroshima, and the Vietnam War. Lowenstein centers Shocking Representation around readings of films by Georges Franju, Michael Powell, Shindo Kaneto, Wes Craven, and David Cronenberg.
06/03/12 âGreen curtain' DIY: Japan's Kyocera shows us how to... Source: greenrightnow.com You can see ivy-covered buildings in many places around the world.
06/03/12 A Final Fable For Japan Source: Bleeding Cool The third and final book in the Fables for Japan digital anthology series has just been released.