Voice actress from Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro plays a schoolboy dealing with disaster in Japan.
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Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to use new visa rules to add foreign staff to its 2011 earthquake/tsunami cleanup efforts.
Japanese net users upset over the power company’s use of a slang term commonly found in anime.
Shows up exactly seven and a half years after the tragic earthquake and tsunami in a town half-way across the country.
Modern conveniences are returning to parts of Hokkaido, but there’s still much to be done.
Earthquake-affected areas more or less saying they’d rather starve than take on Extra Spicy MAX END Yakisoba.
There’s no need to pay to use payphones to let your family know you’re OK or tell response teams that you need help.
Veteran employee was involved in measuring radiation levels immediately after 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
This one of the best-tasting Kit Kat flavors out of Japan’s many exclusives, and it’s aiding the recovery of disaster-stricken Osaka and West Japan.
Even in a country that values following the rules, many say cutting off lines of communication following disaster is going too far.
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