2018 Tohoku Kizuna Festival aims to unite the people of northern Japan. June 1, 2018 05:42 am JST June 1, 2018 | 06:44 am JST ... The people of Tohoku subsequently astounded the world with their ...

Tohoku, the northernmost region of Honshu island, ... Archaeological evidence dating back at least 5,000 years shows that the early inhabitants of Tohoku – the Jomon people ...

People say they remember where they were when they saw the live footage of the tsunami crossing the coastline north-east of Tokyo, in an area called Tohoku. Nearly 20,000 people perished.

Yet because of what the Tohoku region has endured, its people may have the stoicism to face what comes ahead, says Hirai. “Despite their poverty, or because of it, the Tohoku people have internalized ...

Looking back on his time in Japan, Fardy said “The people of Tohoku, having been through so much ten years ago with the earthquake, the way everyone got together then was so inspiring.

It’s the last year for Japan’s Tohoku Rokkon Festival, with six “matsuri” in one location. It started to help with earthquake recovery.

Some 300,000 people are still homeless, living in residential camps, according to the Japanese government. Two years later, geologists still puzzle over Tohoku.

The lives of many people in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, the three prefectures that bore the brunt of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, are still in shambles. Many people in the ...

Tohoku Update: Running spirit. Thousands will descend on Tome this March to not only compete in a scenic marathon, ... The tsunami ripped up Tohoku. People kept asking if I was okay.

In the Tohoku earthquake, less than 10 percent of the deaths were from shaking damage, according to UNESCO reports. Most of its victims, 15,870 people, drowned in the tsunami. [Related: Japan's ...