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The Tōhoku region(東北地方, Tōhoku-chihō, IPA:[toːhokɯ̥tɕiꜜhoː]), Northeast region, Ōu region(奥羽地方, Ōu-chihō), or Northeast Japan(東北日本, Tōhoku Nihon)consists of the northeastern portion of Honshu, the largest islandof Japan. This traditional regionconsists of six prefectures(ken): Akita, Aomori, Fukushima ...
A convoy of fire engines in the tsunami zone. The aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami included both a humanitarian crisis and massive economic impacts. The tsunami created over 300,000 refugees in the Tōhoku region of Japan, and resulted in shortages of food, water, shelter, medicine and fuel for survivors. 15,900 deaths have ...
NGC 3324 is an open cluster in the southern constellation Carina, located northwest of the Carina Nebula at a distance of 9,100 ly (2,800 pc) from Earth. The two are often confused as a single object, and together have been nicknamed the " Gabriela Mistral Nebula" due to its resemblance to the Chilean poet.
Kitamura Tokoku. Kitamura Tōkoku (北村 透谷, 29 December 1868 – 16 May 1894) was the pen name of Kitamura Montarō (北村門太郎), a Japanese poet and essayist. He was one of the founders of the modern Japanese romantic literary movement .
List of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. This is an alphabetically sorted list of cities and towns severely damaged by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Cities and towns listed here reported at least US$ 100,000 in damage or at least one death. City.
Following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, Japan received messages of condolence and offers of assistance from a range of international leaders. According to Japan's foreign ministry, 163 countries and regions, and 43 international organizations had offered assistance to Japan as of September 15, 2011. [ 1]
Website. www .tohoku .ac .jp /english. Tohoku University (東北大学, Tōhoku daigaku) is a public research university in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is colloquially referred to as Tohokudai (東北大, Tōhokudai) or Tonpei (トンペイ, Tompei). Established in 1907 as the third of the Imperial Universities, after the University of Tokyo and ...
The Tōhoku Shinkansen (東北新幹線) is a Japanese high-speed Shinkansen rail line, connecting Tokyo with Aomori in Aomori Prefecture in a route length of 674.9 km (419.4 mi), making it Japan's longest Shinkansen line. It runs through the more sparsely populated Tōhoku region of Japan's main island, Honshu, and was extended as the Hokkaido ...