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Pictures of Harajuku After the Sendai Earthquake As just about everyone on the planet knows by now, a major earthquake – officially known as the “Great Sendai Earthquake of 2011″ – struck Japan on Friday, March 11th. The earthquake was quickly followed by a tsunami, which slammed into the coastlines of northeastern Japan. The combined tsunami and earthquake caused massive damage to many areas. The magnitude of the loss of life has yet to be fully known. Many people are still without power. Your Guide To Living, Working And Traveling In Japan Viernes 25 de mayo de 2012 Informan que Jesús Sebastián Ortiz llevaba una semana desaparecido Agredió al pequeño de cinco años porque no los cerró cuando oraban Siete detenidos en Atlapulco, Neza; decían que se acabaría el mundo Que critiquen a los programas de la tele, el mayor veneno del mundo

»Fukushima strahlt in unseren Köpfen« - Tagebuch aus Tokio - Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin Bitte warten, die Bildergalerie wird geladen... 14. März 2011Mein Name ist Yuko Ichimura. Ich bin Illustratorin und Werbefilm-Regisseurin und lebe im Meguro-Distrikt. Das ist in Tokio. Japan News Review - The Japanese News, in English Brown bread vs. white: Are darker foods always better? When it comes to healthy eating, we’re told to choose our foods by colour. The darker and brighter the colour, the more nutrients and phytochemicals they have. For many foods that’s good advice. Brown bread has more vitamins and fibre than white bread. humanizing the quake (iwate) The Iwate-born writer Kenji Miyazawa (1896-1933) is the author of some of the most beloved children's stories and free-verse poetry of Japan. One of my favorites is the poem known as Ame ni mo makezu (literally: "undefeated by the rain"). I tried to express some of the poem's sentiments in this etegami of a broken umbrella.

Charity Navigator - Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: How To Help A 9-magnitude earthquake struck Japan north of Tokyo on March 11. It resulted in a devastating tsunami which caused significant damage in coastal towns. Current estimates put the death toll and the missing at 20,000. More than 800,000 homes were destroyed. The estimated $300 billion damage from the quake and tsunami makes this the world's costliest natural disaster. There are various opinions on whether or not it is advisable to give for Japan quake and tsunami relief efforts. Sympathy From Bamiyan to the People of Japan « Hazaristan Times Posted by: Editor | March 14, 2011 Sympathy rally for the victims of Japan quake. Youth in Bamiyan took out a sympathy rally for the victims of Japan quake today in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Many youth marched to the top hill in front of the destroyed Buddha statues and held banners with words of condolence and sympathy messages for the people of Japan and silence for the victims earthquake and tsunami. Like this: Like Loading...

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