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Thursday, May 30, 2013  The Grainery in Payson Illinois has developed an international business relationship with a Japanese businessman and antiques from the area are being shipped overseas to Japan.

Monday, April 08, 2013  Japanese media reported over the weekend that the defense minister has put destroyers with missile interception systems on alert.

Thursday, December 20, 2012  Tsunami debris experts are setting out to examine a dock that washed ashore on a remote beach in Washington.

Friday, December 07, 2012  Ceremonies get under way with a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m., the exact time the bombing began in 1941.

Friday, December 07, 2012  The 7.3 quake struck the same Japanese coast devastated by last year's massive quake and tsunami.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Britain's Gurdon, Japan's Yamanaka share Nobel medicine prize for stem cell research

Monday, July 16, 2012  Waterfall-like rain eases in southwest Japan, but 28 dead, thousands of homes damaged

Wednesday, December 07, 2011  Pearl Harbor attack remembered at 70th anniversary ceremonies; 120 survivors to participate

Sunday, August 21, 2011  Two young girls who live a world apart met for the first time in Quincy this past week.

Saturday, July 09, 2011  A major earthquake struck off Japan's northeastern coast Sunday, prompting tsunami advisories that were later canceled.

Thursday, April 28, 2011  Missouri school children take part in earthquake drill as part of Great Central U.S. Shake Out.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011  Mount Sterling-based Dot Foods and its employees are donating $51,636  for relief efforts in Japan.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011  The Fukushima nuclear accident's status has been raised from 5 to 7, the highest level, putting it on par with the Chernobyl disaster of 1986.

Monday, April 11, 2011  We skyped with a Quincy native now living in Japan to see how his surrounding communities are holding up.

Friday, April 08, 2011  Few in new poll confident in US response to possible nuke crisis, but most see it as unlikely. Take our poll and share your views.