Tag: earthquake

People in Japan's northeast offered prayers and carried out searches for the missing on Friday, 11 years after an earthquake and tsunami left 18,500 people dead or unaccounted for and triggered a ... ( read original story ...)

How do we pass on the lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake to the next generation? The Reconstruction Agency has compiled a collection of lessons and expertise from disaster support workers and ... ( read original story ...)

When the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami hit in 2011, many people with hearing impairments missed emergency evacuation warnings. Now, researchers are exploring new ways to alert those with ... ( read original story ...)

It will serve as an education centre as well as a place to remember the victims of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ... ( read original story ...)

The number of suicides linked to the massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan totaled 246 in the 11 years to January, according to government data. One of those was Mutsuko Iitsuka, ... ( read original story ...)

Japanese cedants are pushing for commission increases on their vast earthquake quota share reinsurance covers at 1 April, as the influence of the historic 2011 Tohoku disaster finally recedes. ( read original story ...)

The number of people who committed suicide associated with the 2011 massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan totaled 246 ... ( read original story ...)

A total of 2,523 people in six Japanese prefectures are still missing 11 years after the March 2011 major earthquake and tsunami, which struck the Tohoku northeastern region, the National Police ... ( read original story ...)

The Japan Meteorological Agency said Wednesday there is no fear of tsunami hitting Japan following a major volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea. The eruption of the Manam volcano in the South Pacific ... ( read original story ...)

Five large paintings drawn by children in Ukraine with wishes for peace commemorating Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami are planned to go on display in five Japanese cities. ( read original story ...)

Thousands are expected to die when the next major earthquake rocks San Francisco or Los Angeles. The quake could come at any time. ( read original story ...)

Japan's top court has ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. to pay damages of 1.39 billion yen ($12 million) to about 3, ... ( read original story ...)

An underground mountain-sized chunk of rock may be affecting paths of large earthquakes in southern Japan. The dense igneous rock, known as the Kumano pluton, is lurking about 3.1 miles (5 kilometers) ... ( read original story ...)

Toyota is having to shut some production lines at 14 Japanese plants today, due to a possible cyber attack affecting a main supplier. Auto123 has more. ( read original story ...)

Japanese prefectures are moving to establish schemes to respond to natural disasters using disaster case management, a system that drew attention in the wake of a major earthquake and tsunami in ... ( read original story ...)

Japan's weather agency on Wednesday raised its alert level for Mt. Ontake in the central part of the country, warning against ... ( read original story ...)