Tag: earthquake

The 7.4-magnitude earthquake last week off the northeastern coast hit six power plants, knocking them out of operation with damage that could leave some of them idle for months. ( read original story ...)

The country’s power supplies have been stretched thin since last week’s strong earthquake, which struck in the northeast and took several power plants offline. ( read original story ...)

Research firm LMC Automotive expects the earthquake to lead to lower vehicle production this year of between 25,000 and 35,000 cars and trucks. ( read original story ...)

A March 16 earthquake in Japan could exacerbate the global microchip shortage, just as the tally of vehicles removed from factory schedules so far this year passes the 1 million mark. Renesas ... ( read original story ...)

JR East says it plans to resume full operation of bullet trains on the quake-damaged Tohoku Shinkansen line from around April 20. ( read original story ...)

Last weeks earthquake in Japan had a magnitude of 7.3, creating power shortages in the impacted districts. Market experts have confirmed reports of a rapid effect on semiconductor output following ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese manufacturers have revived production at factories in the country’s earthquake-ravaged northeast but Toyota Motor Corp. has announced that it ... ( read original story ...)

A major earthquake in Japan threatens to exacerbate the ongoing global microchip shortage as the total number of vehicles removed from production plans this year surpassed 1 million. ( read original story ...)

The death toll from a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit central Japan late Wednesday increased from one to four in injuries totaling more than 100, Japanese officials said. ( read original story ...)

Around two million homes across nine prefectures, including Tokyo, experienced blackouts. ( read original story ...)

Military forces from the United States and Japan worked together to send several tons of supplies to Ukraine. A U.S. C-17 transport jet flew multiple tons of nonlethal military aid donated by Japan to ... ( read original story ...)

However, Japanese 3D technology company Serendix Partners has recently shown that 3D-printing can do more than just small items, specifically a spherical house that you can actually live in! Designed ... ( read original story ...)

Ryukyu Shimpo By Chikako Maemori   March 11 marks the 11th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident that devastated Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)

The move has helped increase interest in Taiwan among the Japanese public and promote the friendship between the two East Asian neighbors further. The friendship has evolved into bilateral ... ( read original story ...)

Japan has marked the 11-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster. An estimated 20 000 people were killed in 2011 when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO — Japan on Friday paid tribute to the victims and renewed searches for those still missing from a massive earthquake and tsunami 11 years ago that also triggered a nuclear disaster in Fukushima ... ( read original story ...)