People in Japan hoping to predict the next big earthquake should ignore mysterious deep-sea fish after experts said rare sightings of the creatures on the country’s beaches did not, as some had ... ( read original story ...)
Oarfish sightings in Japan not a sign of earthquakes
Experts have debunked a theory that correlates the two. Experts have advised the people in Japan to refrain from seeing a mysterious kind of fish as a sign of the possibility of an earthquake. The ... ( read original story ...)
Study debunks Japanese belief in link between deep-sea fish, quakes
A long-held belief in Japan that sightings of deep-sea fish foretell major earthquakes is simply a superstition, according to a research team from two universities. The team, consisting of researchers ... ( read original story ...)
Fault stress inversion reveals seismogenic asperity of the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake
We predict, with a model (earthquake stress model) that inverts the displacements documented at 163 GNSS onshore stations of the GEONET, the change of shear and normal stresses on the megathrust near ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquakes Shake Up Groundwater Systems
A new study looking at the effect of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan on groundwater systems in China is shedding some light on how Earth’s subsurface can be affected by large earthquakes. ( read original story ...)
15 Best Things to do in Kobe, Japan
The 1995 Kōbe Earthquake (or Great Hanshin Earthquake as it’s known in Japan) was a truly devastating natural disaster. The strongest quake to hit Japan since the 1923 Kanto Earthquake, which almost ... ( read original story ...)
Sports Tech Tokyo’s World Demo Day Arrives In San Francisco Today As It Focuses On Technology’s Impact On Sports
discussed business-building opportunities. While 159 companies made it through the admissions process into the first cohort, only 12 have the opportunity to present at Sports Tech Tokyo’s World Demo ... ( read original story ...)
Faced with global downturn fears, Japan Inc avoids raising bonuses: Reuters poll
In Japan, bonuses serve as a barometer of business confidence, as companies prefer using them to adjust pay up or down - boosting bonuses when business is good and slashing them in tougher times - ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s exports down for eighth month, sales to China slump as recession fears grow
Separately, the Reuters Tankan survey showed Japanese manufacturers' business confidence turned negative for the first time since April 2013 in August. "My impression is that the year-on-year rise in ... ( read original story ...)
Injured Osaka maintains top spot
PARIS: Naomi Osaka holds on to the top of the WTA rankings on Monday despite injury and elimination from the Cincinnati Masters. The Japanese lost to 20th placed Sofia Kenin in the quarter-finals on ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 finalises Live Sites, triathlon hit by water contamination
The organising committee for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games has today (Monday) finalised its selection of 30 ‘Live Site’ venues by adding one more destination to the previously announced ... ( read original story ...)
United Airlines to fly to second Tokyo airport from Dulles
United Airlines on Friday said it will start flying nonstop between four United States hubs and Tokyo’s close-in Haneda Airport on March 28. The four hubs are Chicago, Los Angeles, New York ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Steel keeps product prices steady in Sept for 2nd month
TOKYO: Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co Ltd , Japan’s top electric-arc furnace steelmaker, on Monday said it would hold its steel product prices steady in September because of high inventories at home and ... ( read original story ...)
There’s history behind worsening Seoul-Tokyo trade dispute
Tokyo’s moves to impose trade curbs on Seoul have struck a nerve in South Korea, where many people still harbor resentment over Japan’s brutal colonial rule from 1910 to 1945 and feelings that Japan ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Next Cultural Export After Anime Might Be Pro-Wrestling
Photographer: Etsuo Hara/Getty Images Photographer: Etsuo Hara/Getty Images If one Japanese business has its way, professional wrestlers will be the next hit entertainment export from the country that ... ( read original story ...)
Osaka faces uncertainty
Naomi Osaka walks off the court after withdrawing from her match. MASON, Ohio—Naomi Osaka felt a strange sensation in her left knee, different than anything she’d experienced. The US Open ... ( read original story ...)