news update at japan. A group of 110 students at Nanjo City Chinen Elementary School has teamed up with American youngsters of the same age to get better acquainted and to generate interest in English. Principal Akira Yara says this was the 6th year the school has hosted the mingle party, bringing together 54 children from the American Zukeran Elementary School.

news of japan For most Japanese, the rolling outages instituted in the wake of the twin disasters translate to inconvenience, sacrifice and economic loss. But for tens of thousands who are now homeless and huddled in evacuation centers in the hard-hit northeast, the stakes are much higher.