Tag: earthquake

A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 struck off the coast of Miyazaki on Japan’s main southwest island of Kyushu, prompting a tsunami warning, the Meteorological Agency said. ( read original story ...)

The easy Japanese news is taken from the Mainichi Shogakusei Shimbun, a newspaper for children. This is perfect material for anyone studying Japanese who has learned hiragana and katakana. We ... ( read original story ...)

It suffered an 11.4% drop in October 2008 during the global financial crisis and fell 10.6% in the aftermath of a massive earthquake and nuclear meltdowns in northeastern Japan in March 2011. Monday's decline was the second largest percentage loss in a ... ( read original story ...)

Earthquakes regularly strike the Philippines, which sits along the Pacific Ring of Fire, an arc of intense seismic and volcanic activity that stretches from Japan through Southeast Asia and across the Pacific basin. Most are too weak to be felt by humans ... ( read original story ...)

A government panel has released the locations and lengths of 25 offshore active faults on the Sea of Japan side of the country where an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 or higher could occur. The active faults are located off the coast stretching from the ... ( read original story ...)

Steven Pan is executive chairman of Regent Taipei - Silks Hotel Group. More about the group's philosophy of resilience can be found in "Crisis is Opportunity: Transforming resilience into leadership in the face of adversity" (written by Ching-I Lin and Steven Pan" and published in Chinese and Japanese. An English edition is forthcoming) ( read ...

As the final whistle blew, Japanese supporters in the stands at Parc des Princes in Paris erupted in cheers. The Japanese women's soccer team ... ( read original story ...)

As the final whistle blew, Japanese supporters in the stands at Parc des Princes in Paris erupted in cheers. The Japanese women's soccer team, Nadeshiko Japan, had come from behind in their Olympic ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.7 on early Wednesday rocked the Tokyo metropolitan area, the country's weather agency said. The temblor occurred at 01:47 a.m. local time, measuring 3 ... ( read original story ...)

On July 28, 39 elementary school students from Ishikawa Prefecture, which was devastated by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, were invited to the Interci ... ( read original story ...)

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck the east coast of Honshu, Japan, with a depth of 10 km, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). ( read original story ...)

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) is set to reject the restart of the No. 2 reactor at the Tsuruga nuclear power plant in central Japan's Fuk ... ( read original story ...)

Children are asked to hug their parents, sit on a parent’s knee, hold their hands for more than a minute or shake their hands to cope ... ( read original story ...)

Some elementary schools in areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake in Japan are assigning children a special kind of homework: Hugging family members to help their mental health. This is ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 on Monday struck the Japanese prefecture of Ibaraki, just northeast of Tokyo, ... ( read original story ...)

Two-time men's Olympic figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu will take part in a September charity performance in central Japan's Ishi ( read original story ...)