Tohoku-oki earthquake was followed by seismicity activation in inland areas throughout Japan. An outstanding case is the M6.2 Northern Nagano earthquake, central Japan, occurred 13-h after the ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese clock stopped by one earthquake 10 years ago ‘restarted by another tremor’
A clock in Japan that stopped working in 2011 after an earthquake, started again after a decade as another earthquake hit the area. The clock, situated at a Buddhist temple in northeastern Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: Clock stopped by earthquake restarts 10 years on
An 100-year-old Japanese clock that stopped working after the 2011 earthquake has started ticking again - after another quake struck this year. The clock, stored in a Buddhist temple, was submerged by ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Kumamoto Prefecture marks 5th anniversary of killer quakes
Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on Wednesday marked the fifth anniversary of two sizable earthquakes that claimed the lives of 276 people. Five years since a magnitude 6.5 quake shook the southwestern ... ( read original story ...)
DNA Explainer: Japan plans to release 1.25 million tons of radioactive water in Pacific – what it means
Remember, in 2011 how a 9.1 magnitude earthquake and tsunami rocked Japan and destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant? Back then three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plant suffered ... ( read original story ...)
NTT Launches First ‘Earthquake Resistant’ Data Center In U.S.
NTT’s new data center in Silicon Valley is earthquake resistant as NTT Global Data Centers Americas expands its footprint in the U.S. ( read original story ...)
Why it’s hard to trust Japan’s handling of Fukushima wastewater
On Tuesday, The Japanese government decided to go ahead with the controversial solution to a 10-year-long crisis following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. The Fukushima plant, operated by the ... ( read original story ...)
Second chance: clock stopped after Japan tsunami starts ticking a decade later
The century-old temple clock has come back to life when an aftershock of the 2011 quake hit the region ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea aims to fight Japan’s Fukushima decision in world tribunal
South Korea strongly protested against the decision and convened an emergency meeting. Read more at straitstimes.com. ( read original story ...)
South Korea to challenge Japan’s plans to release contaminated Fukushima water into sea
Since Japan announced the plan to release the water, environmental groups and fisheries have protested against the decision South Korea will challenge Japan’s decision to release water from Fukushima. ( read original story ...)
Grave threat to marine life as Japan set to release contaminated Fukushima water into Pacific Ocean
Japan has argued the water release is necessary to press ahead with the complex decommissioning of the plant after it was crippled by a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. It says similarly filtered water is ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea and China are unhappy with Japan’s decision to release radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean
Japan has been storing the water in tanks following the 2011 nuclear plant meltdown, which followed a devastating earthquake and tsunami that devastated northern Japan's coastal regions. South Korean ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s decision to dump Fukushima water into sea sparks domestic, int’l opposition
DECADE-LONG PROBLEM Struck by a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Japan's northeast on March 11, 2011, the No. 1-3 reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant suffered core ... ( read original story ...)
Japan says it will begin releasing treated radioactive water from Fukushima into the Pacific Ocean in two years – sparking anger in China and South Korea
Japan Fisheries Cooperatives chairman Hiroshi Kishi said the ... The tanks also could be damaged and leak in case of another powerful earthquake or tsunami, the report said. About 70 per cent of the ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to start releasing Fukushima water into sea in 2 years
Japan's government decided Tuesday to start releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years — an option fiercely opposed by fishermen, ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to release treated Fukushima radioactive water in 2 years
Some scientists say the long-term impact on marine life from low-dose exposure to massive amounts of the water is unknown. ( read original story ...)