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They also cited concerns from residents and fisherman over the plans. The Level 7 nuclear incident was caused by a massive earthquake and tsunami which ripped through the Japanese plant in 2011. Extensive work has been ongoing to try and contain the ... ( read original story ...)

“I’m seeing how far a tsunami can go inland,” Nicolsky said. This exact situation happened in California after the the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan. Soon after the quake, a large wave hit Santa Cruz. After the water calmed, residents returned ... ( read original story ...)

Since the earthquake in 2011 though, office air con temperatures just ... The only way I've found to deal with this it simply by accepting it. Summer in Japan is hot and sweaty and the more you resent it, the more irritable you will be, and the harder ... ( read original story ...)

In April year-9 geographers enjoyed a day of interactive hazard management provided by the British Cartographic Society entitled ‘The Restless Earth’, where pupils mapped and managed the Japanese earthquake and subsequent tsunami using GIS strategies ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Times reported that the evacuation was so rushed that it killed 1,656 people, 90 percent of whom were 65 or older. The earthquake and tsunami killed only 1,607 in that area. The World Health Organization found that the Fukushima evacuation ... ( read original story ...)

Depending on the destination of your higher studies, the risks you are exposed to vary. For example, a trip to a country like Japan which is earthquake prone is going to be costlier as compared to Singapore. Also, due to expensive medical expenses in ... ( read original story ...)

Despite the uncomfortable weather, I realised that there is more to Japan beside the famous Mt. Fuji, sushi or the great Hanshin earthquake. Japan is a lot more than just that. Why we don’t know, I discovered that a common trait of the Japanese is that ... ( read original story ...)

not many of these units have the correct foundations or have gone through inspections based on the Building Standards Act -- making them at risk of collapsing in the event of disasters such as earthquakes. The containers also need to comply with Japanese ... ( read original story ...)

The feature is similar to one off the coast of Japan, which caused the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, killing 20,000 people and causing meltdowns in three nuclear reactors, according to the study published in Nature Geoscience. The feature is found ... ( read original story ...)

It seems like a trivial fact, but the machine symbolizes more. Roadside Lights © Eiji Ohashi When the Great Tohoku Earthquake of 2011 hit the shores of Japan, one of the first items that were listed 'wasteful' were vending machines, and they were the ... ( read original story ...)

After a catastrophic earthquake sinks most of Japan into the ocean, high school student Ganta Igarashi’s life gets even worse when he’s framed for the murder of his entire class and sentenced to Deadman Wonderland, a bizarre prison slash theme park. ( read original story ...)

In Tanizaki’s case, following the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 he had actually moved from Tokyo to Kyoto, where he immersed himself in traditional Japanese culture. Tanizaki deliberately set up his ideas on Japanese aesthetics in contrast to those of ... ( read original story ...)