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Fri, May 11 2012

Children from Shiritsu Kahoku Kindergarten in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, pose with a koinobori flag inscribed with inspirational messages from Washington State University students.

Kodomo no Tame ni

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Children from Shiritsu Kahoku Kindergarten in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, pose with a koinobori flag inscribed with inspirational messages from Washington State University students. PULLMAN, Wash. —...

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Tue, May 8 2012

‘We Welcome You with Smiles’

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Akira Chiba, director of the International Affairs Division, explains the damage from the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami disaster. (Photos by RYOKO NAKAMURA/Rafu Shimpo) By RYOKO NAKAMURA RAFU JAPANESE...

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Fri, Apr 27 2012

Senator: Situation at Fukushima Worse Than Reported

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WASHINGTON — After an on-site tour of what remains of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facilities decimated by last year’s earthquake and subsequent tsunami, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), a senior member of...

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Wed, Apr 11 2012

Urban Search and Rescue Team Member Dies at 50

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CITY NEWS SERVICE SANTA CLARITA — A funeral service was held Wednesday for a veteran Los Angeles County firefighter who died earlier this month after suffering cardiac arrest while engaged in physical...

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Tue, Apr 10 2012

OC Seaweed Shows Measurable Radiation From Japan

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CITY NEWS SERVICE LONG BEACH — Fish along the Orange County coast may have been affected by radioactivity that fell on California in the days after Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster, as small levels...

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Sun, Mar 25 2012

Members of the “Pray for Japan” crew at the Torrance screening: (from left) Susumu Kimura (editor), Emiko "Panchita" Kagawa (editor), Noriko Miyakawa (editor), Ben Chan (post sound mixer), Stu Levy (director/producer), Shinya Mizoguchi (composer), Daisuke Kinouchi (editor), Yukari Kaneko (graphics). Not pictured: Michelle Klein-Hass, who was shooting video of the event. (assistant editor), who was shooting video of the event. (Photo by J.K. Yamamoto/Rafu Shimpo)

‘Pray for Japan’ Director Inspired by Tsunami Survivors

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Members of the “Pray for Japan” crew at the Torrance screening: (from left) Susumu Kimura (editor), Emiko “Panchita” Kagawa (editor), Noriko Miyakawa (editor), Ben Chan (post sound mixer),...

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Sun, Mar 25 2012

Dr. Shigeki Imamoto shows photos of animals in the Fukushima "no-go" zone. (Photo courtesy of Jon Kawamoto/NJERF)

Veterinarian Speaks Out for Abandoned Animals in Fukushima

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Dr. Shigeki Imamoto shows photos of animals in the Fukushima "no-go" zone. (Photo courtesy of Jon Kawamoto/NJERF) By JON KAWAMOTO NJERF Communications Manager It was a surreal scene of heartbreaking...

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Tue, Mar 20 2012

Dianne Fukami, president of the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Northern California’s Board of Directors, and Consul General of Japan in San Francisco Hiroshi Inomata hold up a banner filled with messages of hope for Japan.

Hearts Go Out to Japan

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More than 400 people turned out to attend "A Community Remembrance: Our Hearts to Japan" at San Francisco's Japantown Peace Plaza on March 11, the one-year anniversary of the catastrophic...

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Sun, Mar 18 2012

S.F. Reception Commemorates Great East Japan Earthquake

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From left: Rev. Cecil Williams, Janice Mirikitani, Kristi Yamaguchi, Consul General Hiroshi Inomata, Assembly Speaker John Perez, Midori Inomata. SAN FRANCISCO — One year after the March 11 earthquake...

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Sun, Mar 18 2012

VIDEO: March 11 Observance in Little Tokyo

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A memorial observance on the one year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the ensuing tsunami and nuclear disasters was held Sunday at the Nishi Hongwanji in Little Tokyo. View more- In...

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