Monday, April 11, 2011

Blind father searches for missing son (by Asahi Shimbun)

http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201104100087.html

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Yasuhiro Naganuma at work on April 4 (Hiroki Ito)

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Chihiro Naganuma, photographed in September 2010 in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture (Provided by Reina Niinuma)

Month marked since twin disasters struck--Nation takes moment to mourn; trauma rages on (by Japan Times)

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110412a1.html

Despite gov't calls for restraint, disaster-area breweries encourage cherry-blossom parties (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110411p2a00m0na010000c.html

People walk under the trees of cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo, Thursday, April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
People walk under the trees of cherry blossoms at Ueno park in Tokyo, Thursday, April 7, 2011. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japanese Workers Braved Radiation for a Temp Job (by NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/10/world/asia/10workers.html?src=recg


Current and former workers at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, above, describe hazardous conditions and lax safety practices.

City, Destroyed and Yet Hopeful, Begins to Move On (by NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/world/asia/11grief.html?ref=asia



Naomi Matsuura, left, and Shizuko Hoshi combed debris last week in Minamisoma, Japan, where Ms. Matsurra's home was before the tsunami washed it away on March 11.

Strong Aftershock as Japan Urges More Evacuations (by NYT)

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/12/world/asia/12japan.html?_r=1&hp




















Cars destroyed in Iwate Prefecture by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. A search went on for bodies in Iwate on Sunday.