In relation to Japan's recovery from the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear power plant meltdown which left thousands of people dead, injured and homeless, Sakurada suggested support for a ... ( read original story ...)
Japan Olympic minister resigns after offending remarks
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympic Minister, Yoshitaka Sakurada, resigned on Wednesday after he made remarks that offended people affected by the massive earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Shizunai in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was reported 42 kilometers (26 miles) from Shizunai in Japan on Monday. Exact location of event, depth 67.08 km, 142.3749° East, 41.9527° North. Global ... ( read original story ...)
Mechanism of subsidence of the Northeast Japan forearc during the late period of a gigantic earthquake cycle
The forearc in Northeast Japan subsided (3–4 mm/year) in the interseismic ~100 years before the 2011 Tohoku earthquake (M W 9.1) just like it did during this event. This study attempts to understand ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.6 mag strikes near Shikoku in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) strikes southeast of Shikoku, Japan kilometers (0 miles) from Shikoku in Japan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a ... ( read original story ...)
Why You Should Visit The Kobe Earthquake Museum Commemorating The Kobe Earthquake of 1995
She never saw her sister again. The teenager is now a woman and not surprisingly still traumatized by the events of that morning of January 1995 and the Kobe Earthquake in Japan. Her story is one of ... ( read original story ...)
Defining the Heisei Era: Japan deals with death, disasters and a feeling of insecurity
Hauntings have been reported at homes and workplaces, in ruined towns and on beaches devastated by giant tsunami that crashed into hundreds of kilometers of Japan’s northeastern coast on March 11, ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4 mag was detected near Mutsu in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 69 kilometers (43 miles) from Mutsu in Japan. Id of earthquake: us2000k7u0. Event ids that are associated: us2000k7u0. Global date ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.5 mag was detected near Namie in Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.5 (ml/mb) has struck on Friday, 247 km ESE of Namie, Japan (153 miles). All ids that are associated to the event: us2000k74t. Unique identifier: us2000k74t. The temblor ... ( read original story ...)
Second Moderate Earthquake Strikes Takanabe, Japan in the Last 24 Hours
Japan has been hit with its second moderate earthquake in the last 24 hours. This most recent quake struck at 9:11 a.m. local time. The earthquake had a magnitude of 5.3 and hit just 30 miles from ... ( read original story ...)
Rethinking Japan’s Energy Security 8 Years After Fukushima
It’s been eight years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster. Since then, the utilization of nuclear energy, which accounted for more than one-tenth of Japan’s ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake, 4.6 mag was detected near Motomiya in Japan
A light earthquake with magnitude 4.6 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Motomiya in Japan. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually ... ( read original story ...)
Japan holds minute of silence for victims of 2011 earthquake and tsunami that triggered nuclear crisis in Fukushima
, lawmakers and family members who lost their loved ones in the disaster bowed their heads in prayer at a ceremony in Tokyo at 2.46pm – the moment that the magnitude-9.0 quake struck. “We can’t help ... ( read original story ...)
Light earthquake 4.3 mag, 100 km NNE of Ishigaki, Japan
A light earthquake magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) strikes 100 km NNE of Ishigaki, Japan (62 miles) on Friday. Date and time of earthquake in UTC/GMT: 15/03/19 / 2019-03-15 13:55:22 / March 15, 2019 @ 1:55 pm. ... ( read original story ...)
The Unlearned Lessons of Japan’s Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
Last week, Japan marked the eighth anniversary of the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in 2011, leaving more than 18,000 people dead or unaccounted for and triggering one of ... ( read original story ...)
Geothermal plant ‘triggered earthquake’ in South Korea
The earthquake damaged about 2,000 private properties ... It cost around 80 billion won ($71 million) to build and test operations began in 2016. Unlike Japan, the Korean Peninsula rarely experiences ... ( read original story ...)