Rice Grown In Tsunami-hit Area Put On Sale

Rice grown in tsunami-hit area put on sale

An event has been held to promote the rice harvest in a coastal area of the town of Namie, Fukushima Prefecture. This year's harvest was the first since the area was hit by the 2011 tsunami and the nearby nuclear accident.

An evacuation order for the town's coastal area was lifted 3 years ago, but the restoration of farm land took longer.

Tsunami-hit City Resumes Cherry Tree Planting

Tsunami-hit city resumes cherry tree planting

People of a city in Iwate Prefecture that was hit by a tsunami in March 2011 have resumed cherry tree planting on a smaller scale after suspending it due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A non-profit organization continues tree planting in Rikuzentakata City to pass on to future generations the reality about the devastating force of tsunamis and the importance of evacuating to higher ground.

Rice Harvested In Fukushima's Tsunami-hit Area

Rice harvested in Fukushima's tsunami-hit area

Rice was harvested in the coastal areas of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture for the first time since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

Rice farming resumed in the town's inland areas after the evacuation order following the nuclear accident was lifted three years ago, but it only partially resumed this year in the coastal area where fields were hit by the tsunami and needed to be restored.

Container Likely From 2011 Tsunami Found On Island

Container likely from 2011 tsunami found on island

A plastic container apparently from Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, where a massive earthquake and tsunami struck in 2011, has washed ashore on a remote Japanese island.

The container measures 1.5-meter-long, 1.1-meter-wide and 70-centimeter-deep and was found on the coast of Ishigaki Island in the southern prefecture of Okinawa.

Flag To Be Used As Visual Tsunami Warning

Flag to be used as visual tsunami warning

Japan's Meteorological Agency has decided to use a red-and-white flag on beaches as a visual signal to warn people with hearing disabilities about tsunamis.

The agency says people should immediately get out of the water, and evacuate to higher ground, as soon as they see the "tsunami flag."

Tsunami Could Overtake Fukushima Daiichi's Seawall

Tsunami could overtake Fukushima Daiichi's seawall

An estimate by a Japanese government panel suggests that tsunami could overwhelm a new seawall at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, if a mega-quake occurs in a deep-sea trench off northeastern Japan.

The panel of experts on Tuesday released its projection of the scale of tsunami that could be triggered by a massive quake along the Japan Trench.

Us Experts Study Post-tsunami Ecosystem

US experts study post-tsunami ecosystem

A team of US environmental experts has surveyed an area of northeastern Japan that was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami on March 11 2011.

On Tuesday, a team from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center visited a lagoon in Rikuzentakata City in Iwate Prefecture. The lagoon was connected to the sea after a massive tsunami.

Experts Warn Of High Risk Of Nankai Trough Tsunami

Experts warn of high risk of Nankai Trough tsunami

A panel of Japanese experts says that over the next 30 years, many people living along the Nankai Trough face a higher chance of experiencing a deadly tsunami than being injured in a traffic accident.

The government's Earthquake Research Committee gave the assessment in a report on Friday.