According to court documents, Osaka hired an engineering firm to inspect the damaged building and found "only 20% of the building" was damaged. ( read original story ...)
Earthquakes and other natural hazards are a risk everywhere. How people are preparing around the world
Disasters can happen anywhere. Some places are more prone to hazards such as earthquakes, flooding and hurricanes, but there's nowhere where the risk is zero. The good news is that humans can make good decisions to lower the odds of such hazards turning into disasters. Technology can help determine where to make investments to save ...
Japan PM Kishida arrives in New York for UN address
Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has arrived in New York to attend the UN General Assembly, where he will call for international cooperation and reforms to the world body. ( read original story ...)
Earthquakes and other natural hazards are a risk everywhere – here’s how people are preparing in the US and around the world
Disasters can happen anywhere. Some places are more prone to hazards such as earthquakes, flooding and hurricanes, but there’s nowhere where the risk is zero. The good news is that humans can make good decisions to lower the odds of such hazards turning into disasters. ( read original story ...)
2 workers die after steel frame falls at Tokyo high-rise construction site
A steel frame has fallen at a construction site in central Tokyo, leaving two workers dead and three wounded. Our site uses cookies and other technologies to give you the best possible experience. By ... ( read original story ...)
2 men dead, 3 injured after falling at Tokyo construction site
Two male construction workers died with three others left injured after several of them fell from the seventh floor of a building sit ... ( read original story ...)
Trick art colors seawall built in northeast Japan city after tsunami
A 600-meter stretch of a seawall built in this northeast Japan city in the wake of the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and ts･･･ ( read original story ...)
Earthquake hits northeastern Japan
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake has struck northeastern Japan. Officials say there is no threat of tsunami. The Meteorological Agency says the quake struck at around 4:33 a.m. on Tuesday and the focus was 60 kilometers deep, off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture. ( read original story ...)
Is This 250-Year-Old Japanese Big Pharma Giant Selling For Half Price Right Now?
When it comes to Big Pharma, Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical Co Ltd (NYSE: TAK) is a conservative play that could prove to be a big winner given its cheap valuation and suite of new drugs that portend ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Tobacco: A Company In Transition
Summary Japan Tobacco plans to spend JPY300 billion on its Reduced-Risk Products business in the next few years, as part of plans to reduce the reliance on its core combustibles business. Japan ... ( read original story ...)
6.4-magnitude quake jolts Japan’s Okinawa: JMA
TOKYO, Sept. 18 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa, said the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) on Monday. According to the agency, ... ( read original story ...)
Chinese seafood imports from Japan tumble 68% in August amid ban
Chinese seafood imports from Japan tumbled more than two-thirds in August after electric officials in Tokyo announced the release of treated from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s yen takes the spotlight in central bank week
The U.S. dollar barely moved in Asian trades on Monday, even as sterling blipped higher and the yen dipped, as a Japanese holiday and a bunch of upcoming central bank meetings sucked the air out of ... ( read original story ...)
Huge quake simulator to detect temblor mechanics shown to the media in east Japan
One of the world's largest earthquake simulators, built to better understand temblor mechanics, was demonstrated at a national res･･･ ... ( read original story ...)
From the archive: Japanese business visitors learn the steps
Salli Landers Gutierrez shows a few dance steps to partner Koichi Yano, of Japan, during a party at the home of Ken and Susan Pratt on Tuesday evening.” ... ( read original story ...)
Southwest Japan railway hit by rain disaster reborn as pioneering bus service
The July 2017 torrential rain disaster sowed much destruction across Japan's northern Kyushu region, including wiping out a section of railway passing through this village. But six years later, the line has been restored to the local citizens and travelers in the form of a bus rapid transit (BRT) service, ( read original story ...)