SOCHI, Russia – Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu dedicated his triumph to victims of Japan's devastating tsunami and earthquake that ripped through his hometown of Sendai three years ago.

The first time I drove into Sendai, Japan, I thought I had arrived in a small town. It was March 13, two days after last year’s earthquake and tsunami killed up to 20,000 people and destroyed hundreds ...

SENDAI, Japan — Fishmonger Hisashi Ishiwata’s signature product — Kesennuma Milky Oyster Sauce — is the poster child for a creative seafood industry resurgence here in the region devastated by a ...

When the Sendai quake and tsunami hit last March, many Japanese residents took refuge in “vertical evacuation structures,” reinforced concrete buildings that were strong enough — and tall enough — to ...

The March Sendai tsunami and nuclear catastrophe have provided an Oregon bottled water company with an opportunity to enter the Japan market — and stay for the long haul. Share this article! The March ...

SENDAI, Japan — Four years after a towering tsunami ravaged much of Japan’s northeastern coast, efforts to fend off future disasters are focusing on a nearly 250-mile chain of cement sea walls, at ...

All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines will operate relief flights to Sendai Airport starting Wednesday, more than a month after the airport was inundated by water following the March 11 earthquake and ...

On March 11, 2011, at 2:46 p.m. local time (05:46 Universal Time, or UTC), a magnitude 8.9 earthquake struck off the east coast of Japan, at 38.3 degrees North latitude and 142.4 degrees East ...

Japan Airlines 737-800 en route from Tokyo Haneda landed around 8 a.m. April 13 at Sendai, marking the resumption of commercial services at SDJ for the first time since it was inundated on March 11 by ...

A powerful earthquake that struck Japan this week killed dozens and destroyed roads and buildings. The 7.6-magnitude quake was powerful, but nothing compared to the magnitude 9.0 that struck in 2011.

Jun Hirayama, 20 and his grandmother, Akiyo Hirayama, 70, lost their home in the Japanese city of Sendai when the tsunami swept it away on March 11, 2011. They nearly lost their lives when it overtook ...

Tokyo — Reporters are not supposed to be part of the stories they cover, but for a few days in 2011, an unfolding national catastrophe suddenly got personal. On March 11 of that year, my son ended up ...