The Resilience Paradox: Japan’s 2011 Disaster and the Elusive Art of Learning

A Harley-Davidson motorcycle washed ashore on Graham Island in British Columbia’s Haida Gwaii archipelago in April 2012. The rusted machine belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan. Yokoyama lost his home and three family members when the tsunami struck.

Analysis by Eleanor Cross (Chief Washington Correspondent).