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"S.O.S." is spelled out on the ground at a school in Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami.
"S.O.S." is spelled out on the ground at a school in Japan following the recent earthquake and tsunami.
This October 2008 photo shows the Fukushima No. 1 power plant of Tokyo Electric Power Co. at Okuma, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan. Japan's top government spokesman says the country has issued a state of emergency at the nuclear power plant after its cooling system failed. There was no radiation leak. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA
Japan’s hierarchy has reassured the United States that it is not about to embark on a nuclear-weapons program. “Absolutely not considering” it, said Foreign Minister Taro Aso. “The debate is finished,” asserted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
Ryo Ishikawa was 9 when he first watched the Masters on TV from his home in the Tokyo suburbs. It turned out to be historic on a couple of fronts.
People walk through the lobby of Hayden Ferry Lakeside in Tempe. SunCor, the developer of Hayden Ferry Lakeside in Tempe, sold tower two, an 12 story office tower, Fri. June 27, 2008.
TOKYO - The Kamiyacho Open Terrace cafe in central Tokyo has all the trappings of a trendy establishment — good coffee, homemade dessert, an airy terrace. But what makes the cafe truly interesting is its setting: inside the Buddhist Komyoji temple, one of many across Japan offering new services — concerts, discos, yoga classes — in a struggle to stay relevant in an increasingly secular society.
It's been less than three months since an earthquake and tsunami devastated Japan, but already the disaster in the Pacific has seemed to quietly disappear from newscasts even as the suffering and rebuilding continues.
A Japanese watches TV on the death of Osama bin Laden, at an electronics retailer in Tokyo on Monday May 2, 2011. Obama said Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A Japanese watches TV on the death of Osama bin Laden, at an electronics retailer in Tokyo on Monday May 2, 2011. Obama said Osama bin Laden, the glowering mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks that killed thousands of Americans, was killed in an operation led by the United States. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
A man looks at an electric stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, May 2, 2011 indicating rise of global share prices, including Japan's Nikkei 225 index, top center, that gained 154.46 points and closed at 10,004.20, recovering the 10,000 level. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Toru Kawana, a Scottsdale firefighter and former East Valley Tribune photojournalist, recently returned to his family's home in Japan following the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami that devastated the country.
Qwest residential customers can make free long-distance calls from landline phones to Japan through April 10 to help locate and speak with loved ones there in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami.
A group of people gets splashed by a wave on the beach in Honolulu on Friday, March 11, 2011. Shortly before, the water had receded about 15-20 yards out, exposing the reef before rushing back in. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia)
With a tsunami warning in effect for Northern California, two men watch the waves at San Francisco's Ocean Beach on Friday, March 11, 2011. The tsunami warnings came after a 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)
Philippines Institute of Volcanology and Seismoloy Director Renato Solidum points to the map discussing the impact of a tsunami during a briefing Friday, March 11, 2011 in suburban Quezon City north of Manila, Philippines. Government officials ordered the evacuation of coastal communities along the country's eastern seaboard in expectation of a tsunami following a 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan. (AP Photo/Pat Roque)
The Jump to Japan exhibit at the Arizona Museum for Youth in downtown Mesa, shown, Tuesday, July 13, 2010.
The Jump to Japan exhibit at the Arizona Museum for Youth in downtown Mesa, shown, Tuesday, July 13, 2010.
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