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Tokyo: Japan on Friday commemorated the first anniversary of a massive earthquake that struck the region of Kumamoto, resulting in 225 deaths. Relatives of victims and Japanese authorities, including Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, gathered in the city of ... ( read original story ...)

Chikyu will attempt the first ever expedition to the center of the Earth (specifically the mantle). Japan's Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology or (JAMSTEC) will attempt the expedition on September. One of its purposes is to find a way to ... ( read original story ...)

He noted that in 1995 a state-of-the-art port was destroyed in Kobe, Japan following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake, even though Japan is one of the most earthquake-prepared countries in the world. “They lost their entire market share to Tokyo and other ... ( read original story ...)

Sarah Ichioka, a Japanese-American urbanist currently based in Singapore and former director of the Architecture Foundation in London, explains how earthquakes and tsunamis forge a unique context: "This unstable environment has created a culture that ... ( read original story ...)

Japan is extremely vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis due to its location in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The “ring” is a horse-shoe shaped basin along the Pacific Ocean. About 90 percent of all seismic activity in the world takes place in this region. ( read original story ...)

(The following statement was released by the rating agency) Link to Fitch Ratings' Report: Japan Earthquake Insurance Dashboard 2017 here HONG KONG/TOKYO, March 28 (Fitch) Japanese corporates continue to be significantly underinsured for commercial ... ( read original story ...)

But fate intervened. Still, it was the first bullet train to derail since Japan started high-speed railway services in 1964. Confronted with major disasters such as the Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995 and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Big earthquakes happen infrequently enough in the Northwest that people can be lulled into complacency. That’s not the case in Japan. Most large Japanese cities have at least one disaster training center, where people can learn in realistic simulators ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese architecture and building codes have evolved over time to defend against the ever-present threat of earthquakes. Still, no amount of calculations, small-scale physical models or virtual computer modeling can substitute for real world testing. ( read original story ...)

The incredible search and rescue dog almost lost his own life working amid the horrific scenes of devastation in the aftermath of the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami. A field surgeon treated Bryn’s life-threatening injuries suffered in the rubble ... ( read original story ...)

KOBE, Japan -- More than 20 years after the Kobe earthquake, the devastation is still hard to comprehend. In the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Memorial, videos, photos, and even life-size re-creations are still shocking. The 7.3 magnitude earthquake hit ... ( read original story ...)

FUKUSHIMA--Fukushima Governor Masao Uchibori expressed his frustration at Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's failure to mention the nuclear accident in Fukushima during a speech on March 11 on the sixth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. ( read original story ...)

For those who live in Japan, earthquakes are almost part of their daily routine. A tremor occurs in Japan at least every five minutes, and each year there are up to 2,000 quakes that can be felt by local residents. The average is between 4 and 5 magnitude ... ( read original story ...)

March 2017 marks the six-year anniversary of Japan's Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, which caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, a series of hydrogen explosions that were the worst since Chernobyl. Though the nuclear disaster itself killed no ... ( read original story ...)

This Saturday marks the sixth anniversary of what's been called "The Great East Japan Earthquake," the 9.0-magnitude earthquake which struck near the northeastern coast of Japan in 2011 and caused a massive tsunami. The earthquake and resulting wave led to ... ( read original story ...)

In commemoration of the sixth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011, the Osaka Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, the Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago, the Japan America Society of Chicago, Japanese Chamber ... ( read original story ...)