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After reluctant return to Japan, diver restores life off Iwate coast
OFUNATO, Iwate Prefecture—Once belittled for his post-tsunami efforts and even mistaken for a swindler, Hiroshi Sato is the go-to person here for fishermen having problems with their aquaculture ...
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Tsunami survivors call lost loves on the 'phone of the wind'
A woman from Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, who lost her junior high school classmates in the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, calls her late friends from 'the phone of the wind.' | REUTERS 'The ...
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Storm dumps intense rainfall on northern Japan, sending some people to shelters
It made landfall near Ofunato City in Iwate prefecture Monday morning and was expected to cut across the Tohoku region as it ...
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Competition among salmon farms intensifies in north Japan
Iwate University, a seafood producer and a fishery association in Kamaishi have started cherry salmon culturing on a trial basis. Farming projects are being considered in Yamada and Ofunato as well.