Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Thursday travelled to Miyagi and Iwate prefectures to visit areas devastated by the March 2011 quake and tsunami and to see the ongoing recovery efforts. ( read original story ...)
Suga inspects 2011 quake recovery in northeastern Japan
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga traveled Thursday to the northeastern Japan prefectures of Miyagi and Iwate to inspect the ongoing recovery efforts from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster ... ( read original story ...)
PM Suga inspects 2011 quake recovery in northeastern Japan
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga traveled Thursday to the northeastern Japan prefectures of Miyagi and Iwate to inspect the ongoing reco ... ( read original story ...)
Lanterns light up Japan’s night sky
Lanterns representing a brighter future for Japan were released into the night sky to mark the six-month anniversary of the earthquake. Deborah Gembara reports. ( read original story ...)
Does neutrality exist in debate over Korean prejudice and historic massacres in Japan?
While there are some people who reflect on the massacres of Korean people which took place after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and vow that ... ( read original story ...)
MOX fuel fabrication plant in Japan clears regulator’s safety checks
A plant under construction in northeastern Japan to produce plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel, a major component of the country's st ... ( read original story ...)
Survey Finds Only One in Three Japanese Companies Prepared for Natural Disasters
While many companies recognize the potential for natural disasters to occur without warning, they may not have made the necessary preparations. ( read original story ...)
Ideas behind anti-Korean prejudice unchanged in 100 yrs: Japanese author
Great Kanto Earthquake that hit eastern Japan triggered massacres of Korean people, and it's clearly established that false claims w ... ( read original story ...)
‘I want to feel in my heart Japan is home’: S. Korean activist on a history of prejudice
In three years, Japan will mark a century since the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and the resultant massacre of Korean people. The events of th・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
【Indonesia】2 years since the Sulawesi Earthquake – Farmers are working again!
English News and Press Release on Indonesia about Agriculture, Disaster Management, Earthquake, Tsunami and more; published on 07 Dec 2020 by PWJ ... ( read original story ...)
Magnitude 4.5 earthquake strikes near Ryūgasaki, Japan
A moderately shallow magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported early morning near Ryūgasaki, Ryūgasaki-shi, Ibaraki, Japan. According to, ... ( read original story ...)
5.1-magnitude quake hits 193 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan — USGS
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 193 km SSE of Katsuura, Japan at 04:06:51 GMT on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 58.06 km, was initially determined ... ( read original story ...)
Light magnitude 4.2 earthquake 42 km southeast of Shizunai-furukawachō, Japan
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) reported a magnitude 4.2 quake in Japan near Shizunai-furukawachō, Hidaka-gun, Hokkaido, only 9 minutes ago. The earthquake hit around noon on ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court revokes permits at 2 reactors over quake safety
A Japanese court has revoked the operating permits of two nuclear reactors for having inadequate earthquake safeguards, a ruling that challenges safety assessments conducted by the nuclear regulator a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan court revokes state approval for Ohi nuclear reactors
The Osaka district court on Friday revoked the operating permit for two reactors at Kansai Electric Power Co's 9503.T Ohi nuclear power plant in Fukui prefecture, western Japan, the utility said. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Court Bars Operation of Kansai Elec.’s Ohi Reactors
A Japanese court ruled two nuclear reactors in the western part of the country can’t resume operation, dealing a blow to the government’s effort to expand atomic power generation to help meet its ... ( read original story ...)