(2002 est. pop. 1.5 million). Ehime Prefecture is situated in the northwest region of Japan's island of Shikoku. It occupies an area of 5,672 square kilometers. The main geographical features include a mostly mountainous terrain, western...

Ehime Prefecture (愛媛県, Ehime-ken?) is a prefecture in northwestern Shikoku, Japan. The capital is...

The tragedy of the Ehime Maru and its aftermath illustrates an important aspect of human reaction to calamities. Official apologies, culturally sensitive recovery and treatment of the dead, financial settlements, and time all played essential parts in the healing process, but what aided...

Abstract This paper analyzes referential forms that identify the Ehime Maru and the Greeneville, the two vessels involved in the February 9, 2001, collision off the coast of Hawaii. Analysis of 256 articles reporting the collision obtained from the Mainichi Shinbun newspaper...