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15 years after Tohoku tsunami, Japan’s free disaster phone message number is important to remember

Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2026
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Free-to-use system helps disaster victims connect with loved ones in times of crisis, and is worth remembering for anyone traveling or living in Japan.

Japan
(3.11 • disaster preparedness • disasters • earthquakes • Japan travel • Tohoku Earthquake • Tohoku earthquake and tsunami • Tohoku tsunami • tourism • travel • tsunami)

Miyagi restaurant refuses to accept customers’ money after tsunami warning evacuation

Master Blaster
Jan 20, 2022

Company’s policy is to place human life above all else.

Japan
(2011 Tohoku Earthquake • Bikkuri Donkey • customer service • evacuation • family restaurants • Miyagi Prefecture • Tagajo • Tonga • tsunami)

Japanese Joe Biden tries the Biden Burger in Japan

Oona McGee
Nov 18, 2020

The sweet taste of democracy in a burger that tips its hat to some Pennsylvania favourites.

Japan, USA
(Biden Burger • burgers • COK • fast food • food • food review • Joe Biden • makeover • Mr. Sato • politics • restaurants • SNJO • tsunami • U.S. president • Yokosuka)

Visiting the hotel half-destroyed by the 3-11 tsunami is a powerful reminder of what was lost

Casey Baseel
Sep 2, 2020

This preserved Tohoku building goes from completely devastated to practically unharmed in just a few floors.

Japan
(3-11 earthquake and tsunami • COK • disasters • hotels • Iwate • moving • SNJO • Tohoku • travel • tsunami)

We visit a tsunami-ravaged region almost a decade after the Great East Japan Earthquake

Oona McGee
Mar 11, 2020

Rather than forget the horrors of the disaster, this coastal town has set up daily reminders of the tsunami on the streets.

Japan
(2011 Tohoku Earthquake • COK • Great East Japan disaster • Great East Japan Earthquake • SNJO • Tohoku • travel • tsunami)

Tsunami Pool at Chinese water park lives up to name, injures dozens with bone-breaking giant wave

Casey Baseel
Aug 2, 2019

Video shows sudden surge left no time for escape.

China
(accident • crazy • scary • tsunami • video • water park • wave pool • waves)

Simulation and helpful illustrations show the terrifying power of a one-meter tsunami 【Video】

Shannon McNaught
Jun 28, 2019

Anything less than your height might not seem like a big deal, but trust us, it is.

Japan
(crazy • earthquakes • nature • scary • science • tidal waves • tsunami • video)

Foreign workers being hired for Fukushima nuclear power plant decommissioning project

Casey Baseel
Apr 20, 2019

Tokyo Electric Power Company plans to use new visa rules to add foreign staff to its 2011 earthquake/tsunami cleanup efforts.

Japan
(2011 earthquake and tsunami • 3.11 • COK • earthquake • Fukushima • Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant • nuclear energy • nuclear power plant • TEPCO • Tohoku earthquake and tsunami • Tokyo Electric Power Company • tsunami • visas • working in Japan)

If the 2011 tsunami hit Tokyo’s Shibuya Scramble Crossing, this is how high it would’ve been

Oona McGee
Mar 11, 2019

New sign comes with a poignant message for the end of the Heisei era.

Japan
(2011 earthquake and tsunami • 2011 tsunami • 3.11 • Great East Japan disaster • Great East Japan Earthquake • scramble crossing • Tohoku earthquake and tsunami • tsunami • Yahoo! Japan)

Great East Japan Earthquake: Commemorate eight years and donate with a search on Yahoo! Japan

Oona McGee
Mar 11, 2019

Recovery efforts are ongoing following the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, and the Tohoku region still needs your help.

Japan
(2011 earthquake and tsunami • 2011 Tohoku Earthquake • 2011 tsunami • 3.11 • Great East Japan disaster • Great East Japan Earthquake • tsunami • Yahoo! Japan)

TEPCO in hot water for use of tasteless hashtag in recent tweet about Fukushima Nuclear Plant

Krista Rogers
Nov 5, 2018

Japanese net users upset over the power company’s use of a slang term commonly found in anime.

Japan
(3.11 • apology • controversial • Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant • earthquake • Fukushima nuclear disaster • TEPCO • tsunami • twitter)

Man reported missing after 2011 Tohoku earthquake found alive and well

Casey Baseel
Sep 14, 2018

Shows up exactly seven and a half years after the tragic earthquake and tsunami in a town half-way across the country.

Japan
(3-11 earthquake and tsunami • 3.11 • COK • crazy • earthquake • Tohoku earthquake and tsunami • tsunami • weird)

First worker to die from Fukushima radiation exposure officially recognized by Japan’s government

Casey Baseel
Sep 6, 2018

Veteran employee was involved in measuring radiation levels immediately after 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Japan
(2011 earthquake and tsunami • COK • disaster • earthquake • Fukushima • Fukushima Daiichi • nuclear disaster • Tohoku earthquake and tsunami • tsunami)

Seven years after earthquake, Fukushima teen says March 11 is an “ordinary day” in the prefecture

Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2018

High schooler hopes the prefecture will shed its disaster zone image, and that the rest of Japan will start to see Fukushima as normal again.

Japan
(2011 earthquake • disaster • earthquake • Fukushima • Great East Japan Earthquake • march 11 • moving • society • touching • tsunami)

Video highlights remarkable recoveries of towns destroyed by the 3.11 Tsunami seven years later

Master Blaster
Mar 12, 2018

Chris Broad’s look at the towns of Onagawa and Kesennuma are an inspiration.

Japan
(2011 Tohoku Earthquake • Chris Broad • K-PORT • Kesennuma • Onagawa • tsunami • video • YouTube)

Moving video commemorates anniversary of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan

Oona McGee
Mar 6, 2018

The tear-jerking video encourages viewers to “Search for 3.11” on the anniversary to help support reconstruction in the region.

Japan
(2011 earthquake and tsunami • 2011 Tohoku Earthquake • earthquake • heartwarming • Tohoku • tsunami • videos • Yahoo! Japan)

Eva tie-wearing Japanese minister resigns after saying “it’s a good thing the tsunami hit Tohoku”

Oona McGee
Apr 27, 2017

People in Japan responded to the remark with a heartwarming hashtag that immediately went viral, showing support for the Tohoku region.

Japan
(2011 earthquake and tsunami • Great East Japan Earthquake • hashtags • politics • Tohoku • travel • tsunami)

Chilling Tokyo skyscraper sign shows just how tall the 2011 Japanese tsunami was

Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2017

Numbers alone can be hard to visualize, but this makes things terrifyingly easy to understand.

Japan
(2011 earthquake and tsunami • disaster • Ginza • Great East Japan Earthquake • Tokyo • tsunami • Yahoo! Japan)

Japanese teams use orange flags as a tsunami alert signal for swimmers and surfers

Oona McGee
Nov 28, 2016

The new orange flag warning system aims to help those at sea become aware of an earthquake or tsunami before it’s too late.

Japan
(beaches • earthquakes • NPO • surfing • swimming • tsunami)

Pokémon GO preserves the memory of building lost in Japan’s 2011 tsunami by making it a PokéStop

Casey Baseel
Aug 4, 2016

The Okada Theater was swept away in 2011, but Pokémon GO players are still visiting its location, and learning a little about this tsunami-ravaged city in the process.