Last weeks earthquake in Japan had a magnitude of 7.3, creating power shortages in the impacted districts. Market experts have confirmed reports of a rapid effect on semiconductor output following ... ( read original story ...)
Toyota Stops Production at 18 Assembly Lines After Earthquake in Japan
Japanese manufacturers have revived production at factories in the country’s earthquake-ravaged northeast but Toyota Motor Corp. has announced that it ... ( read original story ...)
The latest numbers on the microchip shortage: Japan earthquake fallout
A major earthquake in Japan threatens to exacerbate the ongoing global microchip shortage as the total number of vehicles removed from production plans this year surpassed 1 million. ( read original story ...)
Death toll from major Japanese earthquake rises to at least 4
The death toll from a strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake that hit central Japan late Wednesday increased from one to four in injuries totaling more than 100, Japanese officials said. ( read original story ...)
7.3-magnitude earthquake rattles Japan, triggers millions of power outages
Around two million homes across nine prefectures, including Tokyo, experienced blackouts. ( read original story ...)
Japan, United States partner to send relief supplies and nonlethal aid to Ukraine
Military forces from the United States and Japan worked together to send several tons of supplies to Ukraine. A U.S. C-17 transport jet flew multiple tons of nonlethal military aid donated by Japan to ... ( read original story ...)
Japanese company 3D-prints a house in less than 24 hours
However, Japanese 3D technology company Serendix Partners has recently shown that 3D-printing can do more than just small items, specifically a spherical house that you can actually live in! Designed ... ( read original story ...)
11 years after the Tohoku Earthquake, 187 evacuees reside in Okinawa; most from Fukushima
Ryukyu Shimpo By Chikako Maemori March 11 marks the 11th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and the subsequent Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident that devastated Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)
11 Years On: Japan, Taiwan Join Hands for Disaster Reduction
The move has helped increase interest in Taiwan among the Japanese public and promote the friendship between the two East Asian neighbors further. The friendship has evolved into bilateral ... ( read original story ...)
Japan marks 11th anniversary of earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster
Japan has marked the 11-year anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that caused the Fukushima nuclear disaster. An estimated 20 000 people were killed in 2011 when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake ... ( read original story ...)
Japan marks 11 years since Fukushima disaster
TOKYO — Japan on Friday paid tribute to the victims and renewed searches for those still missing from a massive earthquake and tsunami 11 years ago that also triggered a nuclear disaster in Fukushima ... ( read original story ...)
People commemorate victims of magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami in Japan
A woman prays in front of a temporary altar at the Hibiya Park in Tokyo, Japan, on March 11, 2022 to commemorate the victims of a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that hit Japan's ... ( read original story ...)
Prayers in Japan 11 years after tsunami and nuclear disaster
Tokyo. 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 ... ( read original story ...)
People across Japan remember thousands lost in quake, tsunami
People are remembering the victims of a massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated Japan's northeast. It's been 11 years, but families affected by the disaster -- and the nuclear accident it ... ( read original story ...)
Japan offers prayers in marking 11th year of quake, nuke disaster
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 ...)
Editorial: 11 years since 3/11 disaster, how does Japan keep the lessons alive?
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 ...)