An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Trend reports citing Xinhua. The temblor occurred at 9:29 ... ( read original story ...)
S.Korea, U.S. show differences over Japan’s Fukushima plans
Under the plan, more than 1 million tonnes of water will be discharged from the plant wrecked by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011 into the nearby sea off Japan's east coast. Seoul strongly ... ( read original story ...)
Urgent: 5.8-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 struck off Japan's Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). Enditem ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: 5 years after Kumamoto quakes, Japan must work to protect the weak in disasters
Five years have passed since a pair of powerful earthquakes registering up to a full 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale struck Kumamoto Prefect ... ( read original story ...)
Nucleation process of the 2011 northern Nagano earthquake from nearby seismic observations
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 ...)