... in search of stable electricity supply at lower rates since Japan stopped all nuclear power plants following the meltdown at Fukushima reactors in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Japanese firms’ investments in Korea ... ( read original story ...)
Sake makers tout locally sourced rice to entice terroir-obsessed wine enthusiasts
The program is intended to help revitalize a region hit hard by the record earthquake and tsunami that caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011. Domestic consumption of rice and sake has been declining as Japan’s population ages and the ... ( read original story ...)
Ministry pushes farmers to attain certification to supply food for Tokyo Olympics
In Japan, about 4,500 farmers and farming organizations have ... where triple reactor meltdowns occurred due to damage from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In May this year, Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori declared that Fukushima aims to rank top ... ( read original story ...)
Traffic deaths are surging in Japan because of all the seniors behind the wheel
As people age, they tend to lose sharpness when it comes to reaction time, spatial awareness, and vision. In Japan, where the elderly population has been swelling for the past two decades, that shift has led to an alarming trend on the road. Recent data ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Miyako in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 127 km ENE of Miyako, Japan (79 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.2685 East, latitude 40.1816 North, depth = 34.49 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.49 km (21 miles). ( read original story ...)
How earthquake scientists eavesdrop on North Korea’s nuclear blasts
From South Korea to Russia to Japan, geophysical instruments recorded squiggles as seismic waves passed through and shook the ground. It looked as if an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 had just happened. But the ground shaking had originated at North ... ( read original story ...)
Google adds SOS Alerts to search results, maps
Japan, Philippines, Australia and Canada. Google's Public Alerts complement SOS Alerts by helping the local and public authorities communicate emergency messages specifically related to official weather, public safety and earthquake alerts. According to ... ( read original story ...)
Koenji: A Guide To Tokyo’s Retro Hub
Initially a sleepy farming settlement on the Ome-kaido Highway, Koenji saw an influx of small merchants and laborers displaced from downtown Tokyo by the destruction caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake ... when the Japanese PSE law went into effect ... ( read original story ...)
Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, Longevity Expert, Dies at (or Lives to) 105
He was taken hostage in 1970 when Japanese Red Army terrorists hijacked a commercial ... equipped his hospital the year before to handle mass casualties like an earthquake. He also wrote a musical for children when he was 88 and a best-selling book when ... ( read original story ...)
Melted Nuclear Fuel Found Below Fukushima by Underwater Robot
Recently, however, the Japanese have built a small underwater robot ... questions about what happened to Reactor #3’s fuel supply in the hours following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the plant on March 11, 2011. Previous attempts to see into ... ( read original story ...)
Matsuya Kanda – 130+ year old soba shop in Tokyo
Matsuya Kanda resides in a traditional Japanese building designed in the Taisho architectural style. A great earthquake destroyed the original building, so a new one was built in 1924 and has survived to this day. The interior is timeless, consisting of ... ( read original story ...)
Leonardo Inaugurates its New Airborne Systems Facility in L’Aquila, Making the Abruzzo Region A Hub for Leonardo’s High-tech Production
Built to high standards that include earthquake resistant construction ... having secured significant contracts in countries including Italy, the UK, Sweden and Japan. Market prospects are strong, as by 2020 all NATO nations will be required to upgrade ... ( read original story ...)
Clock ticking on 2020 Games as Tokyo marks 3 years until start
Japan marks three years to go until Tokyo 2020 Olympics Japan also observed a national exercise to encourage tens of thousands of commuters to work from home, in a bid to ease rail and road congestion before the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and reform the country's ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo futures fall on position adjustments
TOKYO, July 26 (Reuters) - Benchmark TOCOM rubber futures fell in thin trade on Wednesday, despite an overnight rally in oil prices, as investors were adjusting their positions after the new January contract started trading earlier in the session ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo RPG Factory’s Lost Sphear Launching January 2018
Last month at the E3 in Los Angeles, Tokyo RPG Factory gave fans an early taste of the ... Liability Company has invested 0.05% in Goldman Sachs Group Inc (NYSE:GS). The business had revenue of $7.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts ... ( read original story ...)
Hitachi teams up with CleanMax to harness India’s rooftop solar power for Japanese firms
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp., which teamed up with India’s leading rooftop solar solution provider CleanMax Solar in May to tap emerging business opportunities ... at Hitachi High-Technologies, based in Tokyo. “Our plan is to achieve a 50-megawatt ... ( read original story ...)