Japan

New research shows nearly 300 species have traveled on debris rafts across the Pacific Ocean.

Visual artist Yukiyo Kawano and choreographer Meshi Chavez talk about the show they brought to Los Alamos, Hanford, and now Portland.

We hear from an Oregonian who is this year's youngest Google Science Fair winner and a Portland comedian whose solo show draws on her dating life. And we explore Japan's love for all things Portland.

In one of the stranger consequences of Portland's air pollution scare, a Japanese sculptor has agreed to forgo the ritual burning of his artwork, which has been on display at Reed College.

Ancient, simple fly-fishing from Japan called Tenkara becomes popular in the U.S.

Earlier this week OBON 2015 returned several flags taken from dead Japanese soldiers in WWII to the descendents of those soldiers.

Ed and Sara Johnson are a Southeast Portland couple who work in the medical field. Though they have talked a bit about disaster preparation, they say they've never had a firm plan in place.

Brook Gowin may live with nagging pains from old sports injuries, but she says that is no reason she cannot be prepared for life after a major earthquake.

Jin Sato, mayor of Minamisanriku, Japan, was one of only 10 people to survive when the March 11, 2011, tsunami surge engulfed the three-story disaster prevention center where he was working. He discussed the lessons the community of Minamisanriku has learned as they’ve worked to recover from the disaster that upended their lives four years ago.

Advanced engineering and a location just outside of the tsunami zone allowed the Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital in Japan to survive the 9.0 magnitude earthquake of March 11, 2011.