Collateral Damage

One year after the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, we look at a singular disaster's impact on design, technology, urban planning, science and energy.

Design lessons from the Great East Japan earthquake

Award-winning architect and UCLA professor Hitoshi Abe discusses the innovation and design insights he's gleaned a year after a massive earthquake and tsunami devastated his native Japan.

By Reena Jana

A year after Fukushima, how life in Japan has changed

Filmmaker Yuki Kokubo describes post-disaster life in Japan, based on visits to her parents, who live 90 miles south of Fukushima.

By Laura Shin

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