Japan Earthquake and Recovery

Japan Earthquake
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The March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and the nuclear plant explosions that followed, are the biggest national emergency Japan has faced since World War II. Follow Asia Society's continuing coverage below.

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Center, CityZens Restaurant come together for disaster victims, with all funds raised going directly to the relief effort.
Forum explores the contrasting public and private responses to Japan’s recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis.
No matter the disasters, leading experts expect Japan's traditional resilience to come through.
Listen to the Columbia University professor and Japanolgist's comments from Asia Society's town hall meeting on Monday, April 4, 2011.
NEW YORK, April 4, 2011 - Columbia University history professor Carol Gluck cautions against accepting any predictions about what's next...
NEW YORK, April 4, 2011 - Fred Katayama, Yukio Satoh, Gary S. Moriwaki, and others assess Japan's recovery efforts and look ahead to its...
The Columbia University professor will appear as a panelist in the Asia Society's April 4 "Japan Town Hall Meeting: Looking Ahead to Recovery" event in New York City.
Asia Society Associate Fellow Shen Dingli assesses China's nuclear reassessment.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 24, 2011 - UC Berkeley professor Steve Vogel analyzes the effects of the March 11 disaster (and afterwards) on Japan'...
Experts assess the extent of Japan's devastation.