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Local woman donates $950,000 to help restore Japan’s quake-hit Kumamoto Castle
KUMAMOTO -- A local woman has donated 100 million yen (about $950,000) to this southwestern Japan city for the restoration of Kumamoto Castle damaged by the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake -- a record ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake of magnitude 4.7 reported 95 km northeast of Sapporo, Japan
Just 57 minutes ago, a 4.7 Fukagawa, Japan. The tremor was recorded early morning on Tuesday 3 November 2020 at 5.18 am local time, at an intermediate to considerable depth of 214 km below the surface ... ( read original story ...)
Former energy minister al-Sada honoured with Japan’s ‘Order of the Rising Sun’
Former Minister of Energy and Industry HE Dr Mohamed bin Saleh al-Sada is among this year’s foreign recipients of "2020 Autumn Imperial Decorations" ... ( read original story ...)
Argentina, Bolivia, Japan extend condolences to quake-hit Turkey
Top authorities from Argentina, Bolivia and Japan extended their condolences to Turkey on Monday over the loss of lives from last week's earthquake in the ... ( read original story ...)
South America, Japan stand with quake-hit Turkey
Reminding that his country also suffered greatly from earthquakes, Suga said "Japan and Turkey have always supported each other in past earthquakes. Japan is forever with the Turkish people while ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers condolences to Turkey over deadly quake
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga offered condolences to Turkey on Monday after a major earthquake there late last week left doz ... ( read original story ...)
New fault zone measurements could help us to understand subduction earthquakes
Researchers have conducted detailed structural analyses of a fault zone in central Japan to identify the specific conditions that lead to devastating earthquake. The seismic slip processes that were ... ( read original story ...)
New fault zone measurements could help us to understand subduction earthquake
... has conducted detailed structural analyses of a fault zone located in central Japan, with the aim to help identify the specific conditions that lead to earthquake faulting, a hazard that can cause ... ( read original story ...)
South Korea expresses ‘serious concern’ over any Japanese radioactive water dump
South Korea expressed alarm on Thursday about the possibility that Japan will dump more than one million tonnes of contaminated water from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant into the ... ( read original story ...)
October 28, 1707 – The Great Japan Earthquake of 1707
Hōei earthquake struck south-central Japan at 2 p.m. local time. At the time, it was the largest earthquake in Japanese history. ( read original story ...)
Japan’s nuke wastewater crisis sparks debate
Since the current storage capacity will be full by the summer of 2022, and if no new storage facilities are built, the cost-effective way to dispose of the contaminated water would be to dilute and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan pushes ammonia fuel as way to aim for net zero emissions
resource-poor Japan continues to see nuclear power as an effective means to achieve a society with reduced carbon dioxide emissions. Still, many nuclear plants are offline following the 2011 Fukushima ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Plans to Dump a Million Tons of Radioactive Water into the Pacific
Japan isn’t the only country with a nuclear ... Contaminated water in leaking tanks In 2011, a massive earthquake and tsunami resulted in the meltdown of four large nuclear reactors, and ... ( read original story ...)
Scientists Identify Nuclear Plants Facing Highest Risks From Earthquakes
The U.S. nuclear power reactors facing the highest risks of a meltdown from earthquakes are not in tremor-prone California, but states including South ... ( read original story ...)
This Japanese Navigation App Tells Stories About the 2011 Earthquake
The 9.0 earthquake that hit Japan in 2011 and killed approximately 20,000 people was one of the biggest in the history of the country, and needless to say, those who experienced the whole thing on ... ( read original story ...)