A field of dreams in Sendai, Japan

Feb. 2, 2012
A visit to the Nanohana Project, where professors are working with farmers to grow food on earthquake and tsunami changed land.

A sushi master's temporary restaurant

Jan. 31, 2012
To get to Kesennuma these days, Japan's biggest port town about two hours by bullet train northwest of Tokyo, I had to take a taxi yesterday an hour to the coast.It's cold and snowing here, with only a few inches on the ground, but a total whiteout.

Japan: One Month After The Quake

Apr. 11, 2011
Japan is still reeling from the 9.0- magnitude earthquake and tsunami — and series of aftershocks — that have left the country in disrepair. According to the AP, thousands are missing or dead, entire cities lie in ruin and the fear of radiation still looms.

A Room Without A View: NPR Photographer Frames Japan's Wreckage

Mar. 24, 2011
"How do you make a picture of something that's basically nonexistent?" NPR photographer David Gilkey mused aloud on the phone yesterday. In Japan it was about 11:30 pm, and he had just spent the day trying to capture the devastation in Rikuzentakata, Iwate prefecture — or what remains of it.

Mission Amy KR: From all of us to the people of Japan

Mar. 21, 2011
 This week's mission begins with this 1-minute video:Thanks to our handy smartphone cameras, this mission is pretty "1,2,3 simple" I think. (Of course you're welcome to use a "real" camera if you'd like :)Please send your photo by Friday.

For Japan's Quake Survivors, 'It's Urgent Everywhere'

Mar. 13, 2011
Millions of Japanese lack water and electricity, as relief workers race to save survivors of Friday's powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit the country's northeast coast."

Japan's Quake 'Beyond Our Imagination' Eyewitness Says

Mar. 11, 2011
In the first seconds of the powerful earthquake that struck Japan Friday, Chie Matsumoto was outside, in the middle of Tokyo. "I saw high rises sway like I had never seen before," Matsumoto says. "So many people came out of the buildings and we evacuated to the largest park in the neighborhood."