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Disaster expo shows innovations in thriving Japan industry

April 12, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach AP Business Writer SENDAI, Japan (AP) — Mankind is powerless to prevent calamities such as typhoons and earthquakes, but in Japan where the devastating 2011 tsunami still looms large, there’s a flourishing industry in devising ways to cope with catastrophe. Some of the products on display at an exhibition on the sidelines […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, 2015, Fujiwara Industry Co, Icomes Lab Co, Japan Bosai Platform Bureau, LED, Masayoshi Nakamura, Medical Engineering Laboratory, Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal Products Co, Opticure Splint, Pioneer Seiko Co, SENDAI, Shimizu Corp, Soldier Kazuma Kita, Takashi Torano, Transport Ministry, United Nations, Vol 34 No 16 | April 11 - April 17, World Bank

Vanuatu president: Storm-wrecked country must ‘start anew’

March 21, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Elaine Kurtenbach Associated Press SENDAI, Japan (AP) — The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has lost years of development progress and must “start anew” following a powerful cyclone that destroyed or damaged 90 percent of the buildings in the capital of Port Vila, the country’s president said Monday. Baldwin Lonsdale, visibly weary and red […]

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2015, Associated Press, Australia, Baldwin Lonsdale, France, Hannington Alatoa, New Zealand, Port Vila, SENDAI, Sydney, United Nations, Vanuatu Red Cross Society, Vol 34 No 13 | March 21 - March 27, communication, japan

Japan rattled by aftershock one month after tsunami

April 14, 2011 By Northwest Asian Weekly

SENDAI, Japan (AP) — A strong earthquake rattled Japan’s northeast on Monday just hours after people bowed their heads and wept in ceremonies

Filed Under: World News Tagged With: 2011, Atsushi Yanai, China, Eric Talmadge, Iwate Gov, Mari Yamaguchi, Marina Seito, Masataka Shimizu, Prime Minister Naoto Kan, Russia, SENDAI, Takuya Tasso, Tokyo Electric Power Co, United Kingdom, Vol 30 No 16 | April 16 - April 22, Yuhei Sato, Yuri Kageyama, japan, letter

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