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This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.

[Oct 31] Grieving mothers hold out hope for children after tsunami.

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2011/s3351713.htm

North Asia correspondent Mark Willacy reports from where the Okawa school in northeastern Japan once stood and where memories keep the small community going…

[Nov. 1] Three maiko from Kyoto visit 3.11 victims living in temporary housing and give a dance performance.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20111031-OYT1T01267.htm

An elderly lady who met maiko said, “They were very beautiful and eased my heart.”

[Nov. 2] Reactor in Japan restarts, a first since the tsunami.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/02/world/asia/in-a-first-since-nuclear-disaster-a-japanese-reactor-restarts.html?_r=1

The Genkai Nuclear Power Plant in Saga Prefecture was the first to win approval from  local government to resume operations since the Fukushima nuclear disaster.

[Nov. 3] Japanese town hopes for post-tsunami reinvention.

http://www.npr.org/2011/11/02/141931480/japanese-town-hopes-for-post-tsunami-reinvention

“Our shop was ruined. But the shell was intact. I could start from scratch. This sounds strange, but I was excited at the prospect that total ruin allowed us to build something new”, said Kazuo Onodera, a 41-year-old barber in Kesennuma.

[Nov. 4]  Iwate tsunami debris; Tokyo-bound for disposal.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111103a2.html

The Environment Ministry estimates that the disaster debris from the Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures totals 23 million tons.

[Nov. 5] Tokyo governor to Tokyo residents who protest against disaster debris from Iwate: “Shut Up”.

http://ex-skf.blogspot.com/2011/11/tokyo-governor-to-tokyo-residents-who.html

Tokyo governor Shintaro Ishihara said; “Shut up” is the appropriate response to complaints from his city. What could one do? A powerful municipality [like Tokyo] must help [Iwate and other disaster-affected areas] because no one else can.

[Nov. 6] Dalai Lama visits Tohoku, meets disaster survivors.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20111106a3.html

With about 1,000 people attending, the Dalai Lama said that as a human being he shares the pain of survivors who lost their loved ones, and that he hopes people will be able to overcome their sorrow and rebuild their lives.

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