Nation's unpreparedness ahead of disaster is blasted (by Japan Times)

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110412f1.html

Hasn't gone away: An elderly man observes an area devastated by the giant quake and tsunami in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on Monday, exactly a month after the disaster. AP PHOTO

Cattle farmer stressed over plight of cows in radiation-hit Fukushima (by Mainichi Shimbun)

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20110412p2a00m0na009000c.html

Eiji Konno looks at the pedigree certificates of his cattle at a refugee shelter in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture, on April 9. (Mainichi)

NYT photo: Moment of Silence on One Month after the Mega Quake

Koichi Nakamura/Yomiuri Shimbun, via Associated Press

Officials, monks, military officers and other emergency workers observed a moment of silence on Monday in Natori, Japan.

Shaved for the first time in 10days: I feel so much better!

Mr. Kiyonobu Sato =Rikuzentakata City, Iwate Pref. 


























Mr. Kiyonobu Sato (41) shaved his beard after 10 days. “Boy! I feel so much better now. If I don’t shave, my beard gets really shaggy, and I look awful. I really appreciate the electric shaver that I received as a relief good. (Picture taken by Mr. Kazutaka Eguchi)


Daily Sports Newspaper, "Photo Gallery," April 9, 2011
http://photos.nikkansports.com/general/genki/archives/20110409_14545.html

Translated by Makiko Tajima Asano

Blind father searches for missing son (by Asahi Shimbun)

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


Yasuhiro Naganuma at work on April 4 (Hiroki Ito)


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)