tsunami
After the 2012 Not-Apocalypse
Leading up to 2012 Robert Bast was warning the planet about the end of the world. Then it didn't happen. So what's life like on the other side of the apocalyspe?
Canada Should Keep an Eye on the Fukushima Disaster
Just a friendly reminder that two-and-a-half years after an earthquake and tsunami caused a series of equipment failures and nuclear meltdowns in northeastern Japan, the threat of radiation poisoning in the Pacific Ocean will be around another 40 years...
The Hangover News
The UK is the addiction capital of Europe, but you've probably been too wasted to notice.
Dominic Nahr's Eerie Photos from Conflict Zones and Disaster Areas
For this round of VICE Loves Magnum we spoke to Dominic Nahr, who is still running the gauntlet of selection before becoming a full Magnum member. We discussed Africa's endless potential for stories, the eeriness of post-tsunami Japan, and how a...
The Chancers Getting Rich from Natural Disasters
And hey, what's so bad about exploiting tragedy anyway?
Inside the Abandoned Radioactive Towns of Japan
Photographer Toshiya Watanabe's family lived in Namie, a town in the fallout zone of the Fukushima Daiichi Power Plant meltdown, which is now abandoned two years later. Toshiya has gone back to document the changes, or lack thereof, that he sees in his...
This Year, More Japanese Tsunami Debris Will Wash Up on U.S. Shores Than Ever Before
NASA modeled the debris fallout from Japan's tsunami--and this year is peak garbage for the west coast.
Toxic Tuna
Fukushima's fish are at consumable levels but still contain various and complex ranges of radioactivity.
Fukushima's Fish Are Still Radioactive
Visiting Tokyo last year was bittersweet. I had originally bought tickets to visit Japan just a few days before March 11th's wicked quake and tsunami tore through Fukushima and northeast Honshu, leaving a ballpark-figure of 20,000 Japanese missing...
A Sobering Perspective On The Japan Tsunami
Hugo Arcier’s animation puts you right in the middle of the disaster.
HOW TO PROTEST LIKE THE JAPANESE
Last weekend, Japanese protesters staged the biggest public demonstration in Tokyo since the 1970s, but because Japanese people are so nice it was more like Hay-on-Wye than a siren-soundtracked, policeman-burning black blocalypse.
Tsunami Ground Zero
I used to live out in Japan and have a friend in Sendai who was caught up in the mind-blowing destruction caused by last week's earthquake. When she got in touch to let me know she was safe, she pointed me in the direction of Aika and Jesse Ortiz.