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SLOWING THE RACING MIND Confessions of a Missionary on Home Assignment
by Shan Reed I live a lifestyle as a missionary that can be a challenge. I love being a missionary. I love being in ministry. I love Japan, my other home. I do not love home assignment. There is a ...
Posted on 6/6/13 at 5:59 AM
STAFF BLOG THE DULLUM FILE Diplomatic Mail
My only snail mail today had the following return address: Ambassador of Japan, Washington, D.C. Got my attention! It was a a letter from Ichiro Fujisaki, the Japanese Ambassador to the U.S. Last w...
Posted on 8/9/12 at 8:29 PM
UND NEWS Japanese Ambassador visits UND campus July 31
His Excellency The Ambassador of Japan Ichiro Fujisaki, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, is scheduled to meet with Japanese students from Tokai University who are taking classes at the John D...
Posted on 7/31/12 at 1:13 PM
DOING IT DOWNTOWN Nuances Translated: Japanese practices quite like U.S.
Story byDaniel Ziebol A Cultural Comparison Between U.S. and Japanese Wisdom Tooth Removal Rituals (Often times looking at ones cultural norms through outsiders eyes brings new perspective to home-cou...
Posted on 5/8/12 at 2:49 PM
STAFF BLOG CAPITOL CHATTER Dayton heads to Japan, South Korea on trade mission
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton leaves today on a South Korea trip, via Japan, to promote trade. The Democratic governor said he hopes to help open the door to increased trade. Twenty-four business, agr...
Posted on 9/23/11 at 1:12 AM
Dock from Japan tsunami washes ashore in Oregon
When the tsunami hit the northern coast of Japan last year, the waves ripped four dock floats the size of freight train boxcars from their pilings in the fishing port of Misawa and turned them over to the whims of wind and currents.
By JEFF BARNARD , June 07, 2012
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Crisis-hit Japan mulls shift to renewable energy
TOKYO (AP) — Another long, stupefyingly hot summer is looming for Japan just as it shuts down its last operating nuclear power reactor, worsening a squeeze on electricity and adding urgency to calls for a green energy revolution.
May 03, 2012
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Tsunami-swept Harley in container found in Canada
TOKYO (AP) — It must have been a wild ride. Japanese media say a Harley-Davidson motorcycle lost in last year's tsunami has washed up on a Canadian island about 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) away.
By MALCOLM FOSTER , May 02, 2012
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Cost Guard guns sink ship adrift since Japan tsunami
OVER THE GULF OF ALASKA (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into a Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since the last year's tsunami, sinking the vessel in the Gulf of Alaska and eliminating the hazard it posed to shipping and the coastline.
April 06, 2012
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Japan cleans up radiation zone, unsure of success
FUKUSHIMA, Japan (AP) — Workers in rubber boots chip at the frozen ground, scraping until they've removed the top 2 inches (5 centimeters) of radioactive soil from the yard of a single home. Total amount of waste gathered: roughly 60 tons.
By MARI YAMAGUCHI , March 05, 2012
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Japan population to shrink by one-third by 2060
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's rapid aging means the national population of 128 million will shrink by one-third by 2060 and seniors will account for 40 percent of people, placing a greater burden on the shrinking work force population to support the social security and tax systems.
By MARI YAMAGUCHI , January 30, 2012
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Japan's 'Nuclear Alley' conflicted over reactors
OHI, Japan (AP) — International inspectors are visiting a rugged Japanese bay so thick with reactors it is dubbed "Nuclear Alley," where residents remain deeply conflicted as Japan moves to restart plants idled after the Fukushima disaster.
By MARI YAMAGUCHI , January 26, 2012
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Japan to declare nuclear plant in stable condition
TOKYO (AP) — Japan is poised to declare its crippled nuclear plant virtually stable nine months after a devastating tsunami, but the facility still leaks some radiation, remains vulnerable to earthquakes and shows no prospect for cleanup for decades.
By MARI YAMAGUCHI , December 14, 2011
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Japan's new crisis: radioactive waste disposal
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has made big strides toward stabilizing its tsunami-crippled nuclear plant but is now facing another crisis — what to do with all the radioactive waste the disaster created.
By MARI YAMAGUCHI , November 04, 2011
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Typhoon buffets Tokyo, heads toward tsunami zone
TOKYO (AP) — A powerful typhoon buffeted Tokyo with strong winds and rain Wednesday, halting trains and stranding tens of thousands of commuters as it barreled toward the tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast with its crippled nuclear plant.
By YURI KAGEYAMA , September 21, 2011
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1 million urged to evacuate as typhoon nears Japan
TOKYO (AP) — More than a million people in central Japan were urged to evacuate Tuesday as a powerful typhoon approached, triggering floods that left two people missing.
September 20, 2011
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Biden lauds Japan's resolve in tsunami zone visit
SENDAI, Japan (AP) — U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday praised the resolve of the Japanese people in their efforts to recover from the tsunami and reaffirmed the two countries' alliance as vital for regional peace and prosperity.
By MILES EDELSTEN , August 23, 2011
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