It will hold a meeting of related ministers as early as Tuesday to formally decide on the plan, a major development following over seven years of discussions on how to discharge the water used to cool ... ( read original story ...)
Moderate magnitude 4.3 quake hits 15 km northwest of Miyako, Japan in the afternoon
Support us - Help us upgrade our services! We truly love working to bring you the latest volcano and earthquake data from around the world. Maintaining our website and our free apps does require, ... ( read original story ...)
Beijing calls on Tokyo to be ‘responsible’ & consult neighbors as Japan’s PM says dumping Fukushima water into ocean ‘unavoidable’
Beijing has called on Tokyo to put off a decision on dumping radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean until it has fully consulted its neighbors, claiming leakages have ... ( read original story ...)
Japan to decide on sea release of reactor water
A long-debated decision on whether Japan will dump into the sea more than 1 million tons of contaminated water from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant is on course to come as early as next ... ( read original story ...)
Preseismic Atmospheric Radon Anomaly Associated with 2018 Northern Osaka Earthquake
“Further analysis of other earthquakes will lead to a better understanding of ... concentration measurement monitoring networks at radioisotope facilities across Japan. Monitoring is also expected be ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Catholic bishops mark 10th anniversary of Fukushima nuclear disaster
Rome Newsroom, Mar 11, 2021 / 05:00 am America/Denver (CNA). Ten years ago on March 11, a magnitude-9 earthquake under the ocean off the coast of Japan triggered a disaster at a Fukushima power plant ... ( read original story ...)
Japan running out of space for radioactive Fukushima water – and says dumping it in the OCEAN is now ‘unavoidable’
THE JAPANESE Prime Minster has said radioactive water waste collected at the site of the Fukushima nuclear disaster will have to be dumped in the ocean. Over one million tons of radioactive water has ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.2 earthquake strikes near Nemuro, Nemuro-shi, Hokkaido, Japan
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake near Nemuro, Nemuro-shi, Hokkaido, Japan, was reported only 13 minutes ago by the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), considered one of ... ( read original story ...)
Japan regulator bans nuke plant restart over lax safeguards
TOKYO (AP) — The operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant that was destroyed in a 2011 disaster said Wednesday it will accept a penalty imposed by regulators over sloppy anti-terrorism measures at ... ( read original story ...)
Restoration of Japan’s Kumamoto Castle completed after heavy quake damage
KUMAMOTO -- Restoration work on Kumamoto Castle in southwest Japan, which was heavily damaged in the Kumamoto earthquakes in April 2016, has been completed. The iconic castle will reopen to the ... ( read original story ...)
Latest News Live: Earthquake of magnitude 2.7 strikes Assam’s Tinsukia
Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) said it had retired its fleet ... It has been carrying the helicopter Ingenuity in its belly. An earthquake of magnitude 2.7 on the Richter Scale occurred near Tinsukia in ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquakes are an existential threat to B.C.’s Lower Mainland – but we can defend ourselves now
The Big One’ has a one-in-three chance of wreaking its carnage within the next 50 years. But British Columbians can significantly mitigate damage if we act on gas-shutoff valves today ... ( read original story ...)
Strong quake shakes Japan; minor injuries, no major damage
Japan has been rattled by a strong earthquake that shook buildings in the capital, Tokyo, and caused a tsunami advisory for the country’s northeast coast ... ( read original story ...)
Tsunami advisory issued after earthquake strikes off Japan’s coast
TOKYO — An earthquake struck off Japan's northeast coast Saturday, shaking buildings even in Tokyo and triggering a tsunami advisory for a part of the northern coast. The Meteorological Agency of ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.0 earthquake strikes near Kushiro, Kushiro Shi, Hokkaido, Japan
A shallow magnitude 4.0 earthquake was reported early evening near Kushiro, Kushiro Shi, Hokkaido, Japan. According to Japan's National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience ... ( read original story ...)
Japan ends use of term ‘aftershock’ 10 years after Great East Japan Earthquake
The Meteorological Agency has stopped using the term “aftershocks” for strong earthquakes occurring in areas around the focus of the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, which devastated Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)