Honeywell Opens 'Honeywell Ibasho House' In Ofunato, Iwate

Kanon Kumagai, in the front left, talks in a meeting after practicing the song in the city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. (Mainichi) RIKUZENTAKATA, Iwate -- In anticipation of Mother's Day, 9-year-old Kanon Kumagai placed a potted carnation ...

A car passes in front of tsunami debris piled up on the wharf in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, on January 15, 2012, nearly one year after the 2011 tsunami devastated the area. A Japanese fishing boat washed across the Pacific following the 2011 tsunami ...

Nipponkoa Insurance Co., Ltd. (President: Masaya Futamiya), supports low-carbon reconstruction projects* in the disaster-stricken areas, with the aim of contributing to the swift reconstruction of the areas affected by the Great East Japan ...

What's the hottest solar end-market region on the planet? Japan is making a strong case for top billing in 2013, according to recent analysis. Not content with being the second-hottest solar market this year, Japan appears poised to actually take ...

A 4.6-magnitude earthquake has struck off the coast of Japan, according to the U.S. Geological Survey on Monday . The quake hit around 20 miles off the coast of Ofunato, a city in Japan's Iwate prefecture and around 240 miles from Tokyo, ...

TOKYO - Haruki Murakami's latest novel, "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage," has achieved a phenomenal success in Japan's lackluster publishing market, selling over 1 million copies in just the first seven days after its release ...

Eleven temporary shopping villages from areas in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures that were badly affected by the tsunami of March 11, 2011, will each field a team this Sunday in Ofunato City to compete for bragging rights to best local dish. Seven ...