The program is intended to help revitalize a region hit hard by the record earthquake and tsunami that caused a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant in 2011. Domestic consumption of rice and sake has been declining as Japan’s population ages and the ... ( read original story ...)
Ministry pushes farmers to attain certification to supply food for Tokyo Olympics
In Japan, about 4,500 farmers and farming organizations have ... where triple reactor meltdowns occurred due to damage from the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. In May this year, Fukushima Gov. Masao Uchibori declared that Fukushima aims to rank top ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake: M4.3 quake has struck near Miyako in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 127 km ENE of Miyako, Japan (79 miles) on Wednesday. Exact location of earthquake, longitude 143.2685 East, latitude 40.1816 North, depth = 34.49 km. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 34.49 km (21 miles). ( read original story ...)
How earthquake scientists eavesdrop on North Korea’s nuclear blasts
From South Korea to Russia to Japan, geophysical instruments recorded squiggles as seismic waves passed through and shook the ground. It looked as if an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 had just happened. But the ground shaking had originated at North ... ( read original story ...)
Google adds SOS Alerts to search results, maps
Japan, Philippines, Australia and Canada. Google's Public Alerts complement SOS Alerts by helping the local and public authorities communicate emergency messages specifically related to official weather, public safety and earthquake alerts. According to ... ( read original story ...)
Koenji: A Guide To Tokyo’s Retro Hub
Initially a sleepy farming settlement on the Ome-kaido Highway, Koenji saw an influx of small merchants and laborers displaced from downtown Tokyo by the destruction caused by the Great Kanto Earthquake ... when the Japanese PSE law went into effect ... ( read original story ...)
Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, Longevity Expert, Dies at (or Lives to) 105
He was taken hostage in 1970 when Japanese Red Army terrorists hijacked a commercial ... equipped his hospital the year before to handle mass casualties like an earthquake. He also wrote a musical for children when he was 88 and a best-selling book when ... ( read original story ...)
Melted Nuclear Fuel Found Below Fukushima by Underwater Robot
Recently, however, the Japanese have built a small underwater robot ... questions about what happened to Reactor #3’s fuel supply in the hours following the earthquake and tsunami that struck the plant on March 11, 2011. Previous attempts to see into ... ( read original story ...)
Matsuya Kanda – 130+ year old soba shop in Tokyo
Matsuya Kanda resides in a traditional Japanese building designed in the Taisho architectural style. A great earthquake destroyed the original building, so a new one was built in 1924 and has survived to this day. The interior is timeless, consisting of ... ( read original story ...)
Leonardo Inaugurates its New Airborne Systems Facility in L’Aquila, Making the Abruzzo Region A Hub for Leonardo’s High-tech Production
Built to high standards that include earthquake resistant construction ... having secured significant contracts in countries including Italy, the UK, Sweden and Japan. Market prospects are strong, as by 2020 all NATO nations will be required to upgrade ... ( read original story ...)
Olympics: Tokyo 2020 living with spectre of killer quake
But spare a thought for Tokyo 2020 organisers, who face the added risk of a devastating earthquake or tsunami. Japan is already stepping up efforts to reassure top athletes and hundreds of thousands of visitors when they flock to Tokyo for the Games ... ( read original story ...)
5.6 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan
An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the Fukushima Prefecture and northeast Japan on Thursday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Tokyo: An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale shook the Fukushima Prefecture and northeast ... ( read original story ...)
Quake Hits Off Japan’s Fukushima, No Damage Or Tsunami Risk Reported
Tokyo, Japan: A moderately strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan's Fukushima on Thursday but no fresh damage to the crippled nuclear power plant there was reported and there was no risk of a tsunami, officials said. The 5.8-magnitude quake hit at ... ( read original story ...)
Quake measuring 5.8 magnitude hits off Japan’s Fukushima, no damage or tsunami
A moderately strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan’s Fukushima on Thursday but no fresh damage to the crippled nuclear power plant there was reported and there was no risk of a tsunami, officials said. The 5.8-magnitude quake hit at 9:11 ... ( read original story ...)
Earthquake in northeastern Japan, no tsunami warning – JMA
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 hit northeastern Japan on Thursday, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage and no tsunami warning was issued after the 9:11 a.m. (0011 GMT) quake ... ( read original story ...)
Japan earthquake – northern Japan & Tokyo
Japan's public broadcaster with the news (NHK) Northern Japan quake, felt in Tokyo There has been no tsunami alert issued, said to be no tsunami threat Magnitude 5.6 quake says NHK, Pacific Tsunami Warning Center says magnitude 5.8, hit Honshu (Japan's ... ( read original story ...)