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Kids Use Japanese Art of Origimi to Help in Their Own Way [VIDEO]

Ten-year-old Taylor Vaughn and her friends made 1,000 origami paper cranes as a gesture of compassion and hope to earthquake and tsunami victims in Japan. The cranes symbolize good fortune and longevity, "NBC Nightly News" reports.

Hope, Loss in Japan's Search for More Than 8,000 Still Missing

NATORI, Japan -- Line after line, a list on the wall of city hall reveals the dead. Some are named. Others are identified only by a short description. Female. About 50. Peanuts in left chest pocket. Large mole. Seiko watch. Male. 70-80 years old. Wearing an apron that says "Rentacom." One set catches the eye of Hideki...

AOL Community Gives $200K for Japan Disaster Relief

When Japan was hit by the earthquake and tsunami Friday, AOL immediately posted a "Tsunami Relief: How You Can Help" link on the top of its home page and also started rotating advertisements for five nonprofits dedicated to the relief efforts, including the American Red Cross. Since then, the AOL community already has...

No Reason to Panic in US Over a Nuclear Meltdown in Japan

Radiation is terrifying to most people. And the less you actually know about it, the more frightening it can be. Watching what looked like an endless Hollywood production of carnage in the coastal communities of northeastern Japan as they were inundated by earthquakes and 30-foot-tall, tsunami-driven waves was bad enough....

Tokyo Buildings Sway as 6.9 Quake Rocks Japan

(Nov. 30) -- A wide stretch of Japan shook and buildings swayed in downtown Tokyo as a 6.9-magnitude earthquake hit the country's southeastern coast today, Japanese officials said. No damage or injuries were reported, and authorities said there was no danger of a tsunami, according to The Associated Press. The Japan...

Background on japanese earthquake

The , also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, the Great East Japan Earthquake, and the 3.11 Earthquake, was a magnitude 9.0 (Mw) undersea megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan that occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on Friday, 11 March 2011, with the epicenter approximately east of the Oshika Peninsula of Tōhoku and the hypocenter at an underwater depth of approximately .

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