March 11 marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Because millions of tons of debris flooded into the sea from this catastrophic event, it’s understandable ...

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A villager on the country’s northeastern coast repurposed rubble from the 2011 natural disaster to create Shiome, a community space and hiker hostel that’s still evolving 15 years later. The air is ...

The next time a motorcycle washes up on your local beach, there is a number to call and a location to email a photo. The state Ecology Department is asking beachcombers to throw away plastic foam, ...

In a remarkable effort to enhance its coastal protection, Japan is planting over 680,000 native trees through the Chinju no ...

The devastating tsunami that struck Japan last spring did more than cause localized death and destruction; it also swept up to 25 million tons of debris out to sea. That debris–including houses, gas ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday announced it will provide $250,000 in grants to five states affected by debris from last year’s tsunami in Japan.

If you live in Hawaii, California, British Columbia, Alaska or Baja California, here are some bad news: According to computer models made by scientists at the International Pacific Research Center, ...

A refrigerator-sized piece of ocean debris, possibly from the Japanese earthquake/tsunami two years ago, was removed by helicopter from the Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve shoreline Monday. After ...

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — More than a year after a tsunami devastated Japan, killing thousands of people and washing millions of tons of debris into the Pacific Ocean, the U.S. government and West Coast ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - The Unit 3 reactor covered with protective housing at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, run by Tokyo Electric ...