Tag: earthquake

Along the coast of Japan, hundreds of tsunami stones stand tall, engraved with warnings to locals about natural disasters and the consequences of building homes too close to the coastline. The oldest ... ( read original story ...)

The decision stems from January's Noto Peninsula earthquake, which destroyed communities and limited rescue teams' access into affected areas Japan is planning to construct hospital ships that will be able to respond quickly to natural disasters in coastal areas, ( read original story ...)

Over four days, the cohort visited Japan’s Tohoku region, the site of 2011’s Great East Japan Earthquake and the resulting tsunami and nuclear disaster. “The Japanese people are very resilient,” says Kim Ball, owner of Hi-Tech Maui, which has four ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese weather officials are urging caution for possible ... to be particularly careful as the area's topography has been changed by the New Year's Day earthquake on the Noto Peninsula. ( read original story ...)

The Japanese government left unused about 130 billion yen ($807 million) from the over 6.8 trillion yen that was earmarked as the def ( read original story ...)

North Korea on Wednesday denounced Japan's additional discharge of treated radioactive water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, saying that the world cannot help but face a "terrifying nuclear disaster. ( read original story ...)

A Chinese man who has been accused of spray painting the word "toilet" and urinating on a pillar at a controversial Japanese shrine has been arrested, say local media reports. The man was arrested by police in Tokyo on Tuesday on suspicion of damaging property and desecrating a place of worship. ( read original story ...

Japan's government is aiming to launch a system to provide medical services on ships at sea in case of large-scale disasters. ( read original story ...)

Japan's government is aiming to launch a system to provide medical services on ships at sea in case of large-scale disasters. ( read original story ...)

Japan Coast Guard said the weather near the site of the grounding ... and just as we were getting ready we felt an earthquake-like tremor. ‘Everyone on board was calm and no one raised their voices. When the ship started moving we all clapped.' ( read original story ...)

(MENAFN- IANS) Tokyo, July 8 (IANS) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 struck off Japan's western Ogasawara Islands on Monday morning, the local weather agency said. The temblor ... ( read original story ...)

The largest earthquake recorded so far this year barely made it into 2024. The M7.5 in the Sea of Japan occurred only seven hours into the new year. The majority of Japan’s earthquakes are associated with the subduction zones that run along the northeastern and southwestern part of the island chain. ( read original story ...

This morning, an earthquake with a magnitude of 5.4 on the Richter scale struck areas to the east of the Japanese capital, Tokyo. According to report ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 on Thursday struck Chiba prefecture, just east of Tokyo, said the country's weather agency. The temblor occurred at around 12.12 p.m. local time at a ... ( read original story ...)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 jolted Chiba Prefecture, east of the Japanese capital, and was also felt in Tokyo's ... ( read original story ...)

Many victims of the New Year's Day Noto Peninsula earthquake disaster still cannot see when they will be able to rebuild their lives. The government m ... ( read original story ...)