Japan on Monday marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts. Nearly 20,000 people died, whole towns were wiped out and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: 13 yrs after Japan’s 3.11 disasters, ‘reconstruction of hearts’ still a challenge
Today marks 13 years since the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of over 22,000 people, including related secondary deaths.In terms of hard infrastructure ... ( read original story ...)
Japan remembers March 2011 quake, tsunami, nuclear accident
Monday marks 13 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The disaster killed thousands and triggered a major nuclear accident, which has yet to be resolved. People observed acts of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan boosts reliance on allies Australia, US for long-term LNG supplies
TOKYO, March 11 (Reuters) - Resource-scarce Japan is shoring up long-term supplies of liquefied natural gas from close allies Australia and the United States as key contracts from providers including ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo’s Globis University opens Manila hub with pre-MBA program
JAPAN'S largest business school has officially launched its sixth hub, Globis Manila Inc., with a seminar held at The Peninsula Manila in Makati City on Feb. 27, 2024. Spearheaded by Globis University ... ( read original story ...)
Survivors of Japan’s deadliest earthquake describe seeing ‘tsunami ghosts’
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ... ( read original story ...)
Sumo show hall to open in Osaka for overseas tourists in May
OSAKA -- Hanshin Contents Link, a subsidiary of Hanshin Electric Railway, will open an experimental hall with sumo-themed shows in the Osaka commercial complex of Namba Parks on May 30 to introduce ... ( read original story ...)
Why Japan can’t escape US-China hostility over Taiwan
For Yoshitaka Nakayama, the mayor of the tiny Japanese island of Ishigaki, the threat of a hostile China hits very close to home. This tropical tourist destination of 50,000 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for major quake amid moderate tremors ahead of 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Fukushima disaster anniversary
March, with 30 similar tremors last month, prompting researchers to warn of a more catastrophic quake The warning comes after this year's January 1 earthquake in northern Japan, the most destructive ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese Stocks Are Near Records. Why They Can Keep Rising.
The Nikkei 225 index hit a record closing high this month, marking a roughly five-fold gain from when it hit bottom in 2009. ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for major quake amid moderate tremors ahead of 2011 Tohoku earthquake anniversary
March, with 30 similar tremors last month, prompting researchers to warn of a more catastrophic quake The warning comes after this year's January 1 earthquake in northern Japan, the most destructive ... ( read original story ...)
After losing everything in 3/11 tsunami, northeast Japan beautician resumes lively salon
Eiko Nakahashi, the owner of a beauty salon in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Natori, was busy tending to a young woman who had asked her for help donning a kimono for a local event to celebrate ... ( read original story ...)
Once again it’s down to Japan to save the video games industry – Reader’s Feature
A reader suggest that Western games companies should run their business like Japanese publishers, who haven’t needed to lay off anyone. When it first became clear that something serious was going on ... ( read original story ...)
Could Fukushima’s radioactive water pose lasting threat to humans and the environment?
The meltdown of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, represents the most severe nuclear power accident of the 21st century so far. ( read original story ...)
Japan business leaders call for choice of separate surnames
Business leaders on Friday called on the Japanese government to swiftly introduce a system allowing married couples to choose separat ... ( read original story ...)
Son of late Dodgers executive recalls life-changing 3/11 aid work in Japan
Ikuhara spent about three months on the ground with a nongovernmental organization helping to assess the destruction. ( read original story ...)