What began as a makeshift carpentry space amid tsunami debris has grown into an internationally recognized furniture brand, as residents of Ishinomaki turned rebuilding into a shared act of ...

ISHINOMAKI, Japan -- When water begins to trickle down the streets of her coastal neighborhood, Yoshiko Takahashi knows it is time to hurry home. Twice a day, the flow steadily increases until it is ...

ISHINOMAKI Japan (Reuters) - Thirty billion dollars in funding for roads, bridges and thousands of new homes in areas devastated by the tsunami in Japan three and a half years ago is still languishing ...

ISHINOMAKI, Japan -- Fujii Mie is still haunted by the “black wall’’ of water she saw in the rearview mirror as she raced to safety at a nearby supermaket. Peering out the store’s window hours later, ...