A woman’s research into the word “kizuna” (bonds) led to an extensive survey on how foreign technical intern trainees were ...

The tsunami took a particularly heavy toll on Miyagi Prefecture, compared with Iwate Prefecture. While the number of deaths and unaccounted for stood at 6,256 in Iwate Prefecture, it was 11,785 in ...

TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images Rsidents walk on a road covered with mud and debris in a tsunami-hit area of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 14, 2011 (top). The same scene is pictured on ...

Tarmac, parking lot and surrounding area are covered with mud and debris carried by tsunami at Sendai Airport in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off ...

Japan marked 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on Tuesday ... was shot at the Matsushima ferry dock in Miyagi Prefecture. RESTRICTIONS AND USAGE TERMS: Please ...

A 6.1 magnitude earthquake, registering a 4 on the Japanese intensity scale, struck off Miyagi Prefecture early Monday, according to the Meteorological Agency, but no tsunami warning was issued.

Ishinomaki was one of the cities in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, that were hit hardest by the tsunami on March 11, ...

In Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, dozens of residents prayed at a cenotaph carrying the names of more than 3,000 victims. In Rikuzentakata, another Iwate city where a tsunami as high as 56 feet ...

Okawa Elementary School in Miyagi Prefecture was swallowed by a tsunami after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Seventy-four students and 10 teachers died or remain missing. The teachers kept ...