The incredible story of a boy’s “prized possession” being found: More than 3,000 homes were destroyed there. Murakami and his family lost everything. EVERYTHING. But now a ball given to him seven years ago has been found.

On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan. The quake triggered devastating tsunamis, which in turn set off the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Look back at that day and see where Japan stands today.

Not the 10 best. Not the 10 worst. Just 10 cool, must-see videos.

Wati was just eight years old when her village was ravaged by the Indonesian tsunami in 2004. Her family thought she was dead. Then, on Wednesday, Wati was reunited with them after seven years on her own.

Google released a new project named Memories for the Future, which allows users to see before and after Street View photos of the areas damaged during the Japanese earthquake and tsunami.

This is a video you really have to see to believe…

The world’s most rapidly growing aging population, the elderly in Japan are proving that they may be a tool rather than a liability. A group of 250 retirees ages 60 and up are offering to work at a radiation-contaminated nuclear plant.

Not another “Literally, the scariest tsunami footage yet” story…

You’ve heard that quite a bit this month. This time, it’s true.

As Japan begins to recover from the devastating tsunami that took place a month ago, police are finding safes among the wreckage that were washed out of homes and businesses.

A happy ending: On Monday, the miracle dog found floating on debris three weeks after the tsunami in Japan was reunited with its owner, local media reported. Simply incredible.

After three weeks at sea, the Japanese Coast Guard found a dog. Alive. Floating on a pile of debris. Three weeks! Simply incredible. Watch footage of this amazing rescue. It’s the little victories that mean so much.

You’ve seen some incredible footage already, but check out these two frightening videos of tsunami waves washing over Japan. Then check out this helicopter fly-over of the crippled nuclear reactors.

Japan shows the world how you repair a road, just days after it was destroyed by an earthquake. This is impressive under the best of conditions, but it might make your head explode given what the Japanese have been through.

In the aftermath of Japan’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, the media narrative has focused on the lack of looting without attempting to understand the societal structures making that reality. They’ve also ignored the calm and tiny amounts of looting to support the “no looting” narrative.

So who made the most insensitive remark about Japan this week?

This dramatic amateur video captured the moment Friday’s tsunami engulfed the Miyagi prefecture town of Minamisanriku. Residents took to elevated ground after the tsunami warning, only to watch their town be washed away.

It turns out that the video floating around of a crazy Christian girl saying that the Japanese earthquake and tsunami were God giving a wake up call to atheists was a fake. Good satire or just exploiting a tragedy?

If there is such a thing as “too soon?,” that thing is Gilbert Gottfried. The man who famously made a 9/11 joke at the Hugh Hefner roast just weeks after the attacks has set his sights on the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Oy vey.

When Larry Kudlow’s on-air colleague set him up by saying “All in all, the market taking this in stride,” Kudlow struck with this: “The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll and we can be grateful for that.”