The high school in the Japanese coastal town of Rikuzentakata was completely destroyed following the tsunami of 2011, along with 80% of the buildings in the city. Now, however, they may get their lost boat back, thanks to Facebook.
So How Does A Car Become Radioactive, Anyway?
Recently, Russian custom officials prevented 300 Japanese cars
Russia Stops Nearly 300 Radioactive Japanese Cars At Border
Aftershocks from Japan's 2011 earthquake continue. Today, Russian customs officials stopped nearly 300 Japanese cars believed to be irradiated from last year's nuclear meltdown at Fukushima.
Harley Swept Across Ocean By Tsunami Will Be Preserved As Memorial
A Harley-Davidson that was swept out to sea during the Japanese earthquake and tsunami last March and then discovered over a year later in Canada
This Harley Lost In The Japanese Tsunami Just Washed Up On A Canadian…
A Canadian beachcomber made an unexpected find along British Columbia's Pacific Coast on April 18. Debris from Japan's tragic tsunami
The cars of the Fukushima Nuclear Exclusion Zone
These images, snapped inside the exclusion zone surrounding the Fukushima Nuclear Power plant nine months after the earthquake, are as close as we're likely to get to the end of the world. At least until December next year. Destroyed vehicles litter the landscape, proving obstacles for the few remaining holdouts and…
Radioactive used cars are being illegally sold in Japan
No longer able to sell and ship many used cars to Russia, South America, Australia and the U.S. due to their high levels of radiation from the Fukushima Daiichi meltdown, some dealers in Japan have instead resorted to registering them under new plates and illegally selling them domestically.
Toyota's North American factories back to 100% in September
After warning that it would take all of 2011 to restore output following the Japanese quake and tsunami, Toyota says it will now have all North American plants at full output by September. Fears of a Venza shortage: calmed.
Did looters take the wheels from this Tsunami-devastated racecar?
Japan's recent earthquake caused massive destruction in the northern city of Sendai, which happened to be the home of a racing team that ran one of Spoon Sports' DC5 Integra Type-Rs. That car was destroyed, but were its wheels looted?
Toyota warns U.S. dealers supplies will run short this summer
Toyota's U.S. sales chief has told dealers that it could run short of key models this summer, thanks to the factory disruptions from the Japan earthquake and tsunami. Buy those Venzas now.
