Tag: earthquake

The Japanese government has decided to release radioactive water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea. That's according reports from the Kyodo news agency and other media on Friday ... ( read original story ...)

The plant, run by Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc , suffered multiple nuclear meltdowns after a 2011 earthquake and tsunami. On Friday, Japan’s industry minister Hiroshi Kajiyama said ... ( read original story ...)

Any release of the water is expected to antagonise Japanese fishermen and raise concerns in neighbouring countries ... ( read original story ...)

Nearly a decade after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan's government has decided to release contaminated water from the destroyed plant into the sea, media reports said on Friday, with a formal ... ( read original story ...)

(AP FILE) Japan’s government has decided to release treated water ... more than a million tonnes of contaminated water since the plant was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. ( read original story ...)

Japan's government has decided to release treated water containing radioactive substances from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the sea, Jiji news agency and other media reported on Friday. ( read original story ...)

Subduction zones with a low dipping angle and thick sediments can produce giant earthquakes; this finding lets researchers estimate worst-case scenarios for coastlines around the world. ( read original story ...)

Students also held earthquake escape drills and learned about disaster mitigation. Photo: cnsphoto China has stepped up its efforts to establish a nationwide project for earthquake alerts and plans to ... ( read original story ...)

About 60% of large local governments in Japan reported that the spread of the novel coronavirus has made it difficult to accept individuals w ... ( read original story ...)

Japan’s nuclear reactor hit by a 2011 earthquake in the northeastern Miyagi province will resume operations by the end of this year, according to officials, the local media reported on Wednesday. ( read original story ...)

The government is looking to focus on the promotion of renewable energy as the country looks to cut dependence on fossil fuels. ( read original story ...)

This is true around the Pacific Rim, where the quakes had been discovered a few years earlier in Japan. The violence of these events, which can range into the magnitude 9 range, including the great ... ( read original story ...)

The number of foreign travelers coming to Japan during the first half of 2020 plunged 77 percent from a year earlier due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was the first decline in nine years. ( read original story ...)

... Municipal Okawa Elementary School -- where 74 students died as a result of tsunami in the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake -- had failed in its duty to set evacuation routes and destinations ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted Izu Islands, Japan region at 00:28:31 GMT on Monday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said. The epicenter, with a depth of 407.24 km, was initially ... ( read original story ...)

Have you ever heard of atomic divers? Hisashi Okazaki, 58, who has worked at nuclear power plants as a diver while being exposed to radiation, wants p ... ( read original story ...)