Author: Scott Schumaker

Another first-person perspective about what is happening in Sendai’s recovery efforts, by Blaise Plant.

The season of rebirth takes on a whole new meaning in Tohoku.

Technology allows many in Japan to hear an aftershock seconds before feeling it.

The daily aftershocks in Tohoku continue to erode buildings and nerves.

Some insight on where Yasue "lived" for the first five days or so after the 3/11 quake.

The With Aloha event raised $150,000 for Tohoku University Hospital as more than 2,300 people gave from the heart.

With Aloha silent auction to give attendees a chance to speak up for quake relief.

A huge aftershock measuring more than 7.0 on the Richter Scale rocks Sendai.

For those working downtown, getting tickets to the Tohoku University Hospital Fundraiser just got easier and online donations are now available.

Two boxes packed with protein arrive in Sendai from Hawaii.

Sendai needs something to cheer and their pro baseball team might help galvanize the stricken city.

Are things getting better or worse in Sendai?

Hawaii companies join efforts in raising money that will go immediately and directly to Sendai.

For many, a hot bath is luxury worth waiting for.

Thankfully-and perhaps magically-not all northeast Japan's coastal towns were wiped out by the quake and tsunami.

You can tell by the snow on the cars that it will be a long, cold wait but Yasue's car needs gas now.

A school Ian attended, Tsurugaoka Elementary School in Sendai, is now an evacuation center.

Home delivery and hearing from someone who lost their home both bring joy.

A picture is worth 1,000 words and bread is worth standing in line twice despite the damp, frigid temperatures.

Our immediate food crisis is over and oh what a relief it is.

In post-quake Sendai, luck is all a matter of perspective.

For us, recovering from the quake and tsunami is a marathon, not a sprint.

Fortunately in Japan, nobody has to carry a heavy burden alone.