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Powerful Quake and Tsunami Devastate Northern Japan (Published 2011) » Japan was filled with scenes of desperation a day after an 8.9-magnitude quake, as survivors called for help and rescuers looked for people buried in rubble. Nytimes.com

Declining as a Manufacturer, Japan Weighs Reinvention (Published 2012) » Many Japanese have a sense that their country has outgrown an economic template based on constructing commodity goods, but they disagree over what should replace it. Nytimes.com

The Inside Joke Behind the Muji 'Brand' » Somehow, generic Japanese goods have become sought-after items in New York. Archive.nytimes.com

Updates on the Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan » Television networks across the world carried dramatic footage, some of it live, of the tsunami that hit northern Japan. Archive.nytimes.com

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Japan Revives a Sea Barrier That Failed to Hold (Published 2011) » The story behind the breakwater in Kamaishi suggests that the old model of cozy ties between government and industry is driving much of the post-tsunami reconstruction. Nytimes.com

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Opinion | Doing Our Homework (Published 2004) » Thomas L Friedman Op-Ed column says Dalian, port city in northeasteren China, symbolizes how much China's most modern cities are rapidly grabbing business as knowledge centers, not just manufacturing hubs; lists some major American corporations that have set up back-room operations in Dalian for Asian companies and software research and development centers; says it has richest human resources and cheapest labor; notes that because of its proximity to Japan, it has become center for outsourcing by Japanese businesses; notes that college students in Dalian are directed to spend year studying Japanese or English and computer science (M) Nytimes.com

Pearl Harbor Attack, December 7, 1941 | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans » The National WWII Museum commemorates the Day That Will Live in Infamy through articles, oral histories, artifacts, and more.  Nationalww2museum.org