At Tohoku University, a growing number of employees hired as regular staff with no expiry dates on their contracts are being ...

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 ...

The people of Tohoku have adapted to the harsh and long winters by being extremely flexible and creative in their daily lives. A small example is the numerous types of pickled radishes they ...

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 ...

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 ...

Toyota President Issues Statement Regarding Tohoku Quake, Promises Assistance to Affected People Following a visit to Japan’s hugely devastated Miyagi Prefecture, Toyota president Akio Toyoda ...