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 ...)
What Controls Giant Subduction Earthquakes?
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 ...)
China to build 15,000 earthquake early warning monitoring stations
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 ...)
Many Japan local gov’ts say accepting special needs people at shelters hard amid virus
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 damaged nuclear reactor set to reopen
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 ...)
Japan to promote CO2 cut in review of energy mix targets for 2030
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 ...)
Washington scientists study ‘silent quakes’ to possibly track bigger earthquakes
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 ...)
Visitors to Japan plunged 77%
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 ...)
Japan schools’ anti-tsunami measures reaching nat’l standards after high court ruling
... 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 ...)
5.1-magnitude quake hits Izu Islands, Japan region — USGS
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 ...)
Japan diver reflects on unsung workers exposed to radiation as Fukushima 10th anniv. looms
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 ...)
‘Japan to help BD set up earthquake-resistant bldgs’
State Minister for Relief and Disaster Management Ministry Dr Enamur Rahman said Japan would provide financial and technical assistance to all installations in Bangladesh to make them ... ( read original story ...)
Foreign travelers to Japan plummeted 75% in first half of 2020
The number of foreign travelers to Japan plummeted in the first half of this year — the first drop since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami devastated the Tohoku region — after the country imposed strict ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese fishermen urge government not to release Fukushima water to ocean
Tokyo (Reuters)Japanese fish industry representatives on Thursday urged ... more than a million tonnes of contaminated water since the plant was crippled by an earthquake and tsunami in 2011. The ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s response to first virus wave late but effective, report says
a Tokyo-based global think tank founded in the wake of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. Insufficient disaster preparedness, disjointed messaging from public officials, a stubborn resistance to ... ( read original story ...)
Japan’s Bullet Trains Are Hitting a Speed Bump
Covid-related ridership drops and long-term population trends are raising hard questions about the future of the shinkansen network of high-speed trains. ( read original story ...)