Just 11 minutes ago, a 4.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Hasaki, Chōshi-shi, Chiba, Japan. The tremor was recorded early morning on Thursday 29 July 2021 at 3:19 am local time, at a moderately ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate 4.0 quake hits near Ishinomaki, Ishinomaki Shi, Miyagi, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.0 occurred only 13 minutes ago 91 km southeast of Ishinomaki, Japan, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported. The quake hit at ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate tremor of magnitude 4.4 just reported 33 km east of Kashima-shi, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 occurred only 11 minutes ago 33 km east of Kashima-shi, Japan, Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate yet deep 5.1 quake hits near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, Japan
Just 13 minutes ago, a 5.1-magnitude earthquake struck near Ise, Ise-shi, Mie, Japan. The tremor was recorded early afternoon on Tuesday 27 July 2021 at 2:37 pm local time, at a g ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake simulators help prepare visitors to Japan for the worst
Japan is no stranger to natural disasters like earthquakes and typhoons, and experts have developed a range of high-tech ways to prepare visitors, like those in the country for the 2020 Olympics. ( read original story ...)
5.1-magnitude quake hits 73 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan — USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 73 km ENE of Mutsu, Japan at 02:16:16 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 56.77 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)
Significant earthquake of magnitude 5.6 just reported 76 km northeast of Mutsu, Japan
An earthquake of magnitude 5.6 occurred in the morning on Monday 26 July 2021 at 11:16 am local time near Mutsu, Mutsu-shi, Aomori, Japan, as reported by Japan's National Research ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics: ‘soft power’ play for Japan at stake as country tries to salvage pandemic Games
Japan looks to recreate soft power win of the 1964 Summer Olympics, but pandemic complicates strategy for the political hierarchy inside the country when it comes to Tokyo 2020. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics events rescheduled as tropical storm could impact Japanese coast
The men's and women's rowing events for Monday have already been rescheduled, according to reports. TOKYO, Japan — A tropical storm off the coast of Japan is causing a small shake-up in the Tokyo ... ( read original story ...)
Valley Stream Native Osaka Lights Flame as Japan’s Covid-hit Games Open
Sign up for our COVID-19 newsletter to stay up-to-date on the latest coronavirus news throughout New York By Antoni Slodkowski, Elaine Lies and Kiyoshi Takenaka Japan’s global superstar Naomi Osaka, ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Olympics 2020: Rowing events rescheduled as tropical storm approaches Japanese capital
Tropical Storm Nepartak, with gusts up to 90 kilometres (56 miles) per hour, was still about 1,800 kilometres south of Tokyo on Saturday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Games’ ‘unusual form’ offers chance for hard look at Olympics, Japan
The Japan National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the heart of Tokyo, was supposed to be filled with smiling faces and cheeri ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquakes, typhoons … and now we have to worry about heat domes?
High temperatures in Japan have reached more than 41 degrees Celsius in the past, but a heat dome in Canada has the media speculating on whether higher temperatures are ahead. ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocks Philippines, no tsunami threat
The country's seismological agency said it did not expect damage. There was no tsunami warning or threat either, according to the US Tsunami Warning System. ( read original story ...)
Superstar Naomi Osaka lights flame as Japan’s COVID-hit Games open
Japan's global superstar Naomi Osaka on Friday lit the Olympic cauldron to mark the start of Tokyo 2020, in an opening ceremony shorn of glitz and overshadowed by a pandemic but defined by hope, ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics-Superstar Osaka lights flame as Japan’s COVID-hit Games open
and children from parts of Japan hit badly by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011. It was finally handed to Osaka, the 23-year-old four-time tennis grand slam champion whose background as the ... ( read original story ...)