Japan on Monday marked 13 years since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the country’s northern coasts. Nearly 20,000 people died, whole towns were wiped out and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ... ( read original story ...)
Editorial: 13 yrs after Japan’s 3.11 disasters, ‘reconstruction of hearts’ still a challenge
Today marks 13 years since the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which claimed the lives of over 22,000 people, including related secondary deaths.In terms of hard infrastructure ... ( read original story ...)
Japan remembers March 2011 quake, tsunami, nuclear accident
Monday marks 13 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The disaster killed thousands and triggered a major nuclear accident, which has yet to be resolved. People observed acts of ... ( read original story ...)
Survivors of Japan’s deadliest earthquake describe seeing ‘tsunami ghosts’
Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ... ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for major quake amid moderate tremors ahead of 2011 Tohoku earthquake, Fukushima disaster anniversary
March, with 30 similar tremors last month, prompting researchers to warn of a more catastrophic quake The warning comes after this year's January 1 earthquake in northern Japan, the most destructive ... ( read original story ...)
Japan braces for major quake amid moderate tremors ahead of 2011 Tohoku earthquake anniversary
March, with 30 similar tremors last month, prompting researchers to warn of a more catastrophic quake The warning comes after this year's January 1 earthquake in northern Japan, the most destructive ... ( read original story ...)
After losing everything in 3/11 tsunami, northeast Japan beautician resumes lively salon
Eiko Nakahashi, the owner of a beauty salon in the Miyagi Prefecture city of Natori, was busy tending to a young woman who had asked her for help donning a kimono for a local event to celebrate ... ( read original story ...)
Could Fukushima’s radioactive water pose lasting threat to humans and the environment?
The meltdown of Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, caused by the devastating earthquake and tsunami of March 2011, represents the most severe nuclear power accident of the 21st century so far. ( read original story ...)
Son of late Dodgers executive recalls life-changing 3/11 aid work in Japan
Ikuhara spent about three months on the ground with a nongovernmental organization helping to assess the destruction. ( read original story ...)
Japan aims to extract sample from remains of country’s worst-ever nuclear disaster
As Japan approaches the 13th anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, efforts to clean up the site are ongoing. The country aims to remove damaged fuel debris. ( read original story ...)
Central Japan nuclear plant’s quake-damaged equipment shown to media
The operator of the Shika nuclear power plant in central Japan has shown its damaged equipment to media for the first time since it was hit by a massive earthquake on New Year's Day. Officials of ... ( read original story ...)
More soil liquefaction caused by Japan Noto quake than major 1995 disaster: research
The earthquake that struck central Japan's Noto Peninsula on New Year's Day caused liquefaction in more places than the 1995 Great Hanshin Ea・・・ ... ( read original story ...)
‘Worse than refugee camps’: Call for better conditions at cramped Japan disaster shelters
In most cases, the amount does not meet international standards, and even on a national scale it appears that many local bodies face issues trying to secure space.Images of people sleeping together on ... ( read original story ...)
Vietnam asks Japan to clarify allegation on Vietnamese citizen in murder case
Vietnam’s representative agencies in Japan have asked local authorities to speed up investigations into the case of a Vietnamese citizen who was alleged to be murdered in Higashiomi city of Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Hospitals in Japan slow to adopt seismic isolation in their buildings
A major earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula on New Year’s Day damaged hospitals tasked with providing medical care in the region, limiting their ability to conduct surgeries or accept inpatients. ( read original story ...)
Morocco, Japan cooperate to reinforce Kingdom’s earthquake resilience
The Ministry of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation and the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) launched a project entitled “Strengthening Morocco’s ... ( read original story ...)