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The Post's Joel Achenbach reported that Japan has long prepared for the 'Big One', and Brian Vastag wrote of how the devastating Kobe temblor in 1995 influenced the Japanese as they laid out their cities and built their buildings.

Japan earthquake and tsunami: Predicting the 'big one' may have saved countless lives 2011

Joel Achenbach, the Washington Post: There's something shockingly bland and ordinary about the setting.

Danny Groner: Dissecting the Photo of Obama in the Situation Room Danny Groner 2011

Staff writers Joel Achenbach and Joe A. Stephens contributed to this report.

New questions on stability of cement in gulf oil well before explosion Steven Mufson 2010

Christie's Images Limited 2011 Giovanna Bertazzoni Drawing from her experience—which spans the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence to the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts in San Francisco—Ms. Bertazzoni is currently busy selecting works to be auctioned in early February at Christie's King Street headquarters that will include works by Picasso and Miró, together with Gothic and Renaissance pieces.

Christie's Giovanna Bertazzoni Lets Her Hair Down Javier Espinoza 2011

I dare not attempt to summarize his career or what he meant to The Washington Post with words -- colleagues Robert Kaiser, Joel Achenbach, Dan Balz, Chris Cillizza and John Yang have already done so much better than I ever could.

On the road with David Broder 2011

Staff writers Joel Achenbach and Joe A. Stephens contributed to this report.

Cement at BP well failed lab testing Steven Mufson 2010

Staff writers Joel Achenbach and Joe A. Stephens contributed to this report.

New questions on stability of cement in gulf oil well before explosion Steven Mufson 2010

Pending further data, here are some pics from Sky Meadows, taken by Achendaughter Paris Achenbach yesterday when we hiked up to the AT (briefly considered going on to Georgia or Maine but couldn't decide which direction and just headed back to car and drove to bakery with good cookies -- definitely the right call).

Two billion people at Stewart-Colbert rally [Updated] Joel Achenbach 2010

Staff writers Joel Achenbach and Joe A. Stephens contributed to this report.

New questions on stability of cement in gulf oil well before explosion Steven Mufson 2010

In our lead stories, two national correspondents who have covered the gulf oil spill since it happened in April, Joel Achenbach and Steven Mufson, take a step back and look at the causes and effects of the biggest offshore spill in U.S. history.

A note from the editor on our special energy report Post 2010