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Attitudes in Japan, South Korea and China toward the threat vary, but likely reflect a sangfroid partly born of living with the legacy of the Cold War and ever present risks of huge earthquakes and other natural disasters. Many Japanese have mixed feelings ... ( read original story ...)

Also helping Sony's bottom line was the absence of the damage it suffered from the April 2016 earthquake in southwestern Japan that shut down its semiconductor plant, and gains from insurance recoveries related to that quake, it said. Sony was long an ... ( read original story ...)

This produces a big earthquake, and the ocean floor may jump up or down like a released spring. That motion transfers to the overlying water, creating a surface wave. The 2011 Japan tsunami was a surprise, because it came partly on a "creeping" segment of ... ( read original story ...)

Attitudes in Japan, South Korea and China toward the threat vary, but likely reflect a sangfroid partly born of living with the legacy of the Cold War and ever present risks of huge earthquakes and other natural disasters. Many Japanese have mixed feelings ... ( read original story ...)

ST LOUIS (LALATE) – A Japan earthquake today August 1, 2017 has just stroke north east of Tokyo. The earthquake began on land moments ago. Damage assessment is pending. USGS indicates to news that a 4.8 magnitude Japan earthquake today started 51 km ... ( read original story ...)

THEY might look like something out of a kid’s TV show but these bizarre foam houses are actually built to withstand earthquakes. Kumamoto in Japan was ripped apart by a magnitude 7.0 quake last year that caused many homes to collapse. But the bright ... ( read original story ...)

A moderate earthquake magnitude 5 (ml/mb) strikes 6 kilometers (4 miles) from Kitaibaraki in Japan on Wednesday. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Exact location, longitude 140.6733° East ... ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4.8 (ml/mb) strikes 7 kilometers (4 miles) from Ishige in Japan on Wednesday. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 50.51 km (31 miles). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or ... ( read original story ...)

The Tohoku region, Northeast Japan, was hit by a gigantic earthquake which occurred in the Pacific close to Tohoku, and subsequently by a giant tsunami. These hazards have caused huge damage on the eastern coast Japan. The earthquake’s magnitude was 9.0 ... ( read original story ...)

In 2011, a megathrust earthquake off the coast of Japan produced a huge tsunami that killed over 15,000 people. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake was so big it shifted Earth’s axis and moved the coast of Honshu, Japan’s main island, by eight feet. ( read original story ...)

A light earthquake magnitude 4 (ml/mb) has struck on Saturday, Bonin Islands, Japan region (0 miles). Exact location of earthquake, longitude 139.6752 East, latitude 28.6857 North, depth = 458.55 km. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 458.55 km ... ( read original story ...)

Relocating in groups, rather than individually, increased informal socializing and social participation among older survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, a new study shows. Relocating in groups, rather than individually ... ( read original story ...)

increased informal socializing and social participation among older survivors of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 26, 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. ( read original story ...)

“Japan is one of the countries that have suffered the effects of many natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis and typhoons, so we have quite a lot of experience in the damage [that is caused by these disasters] and we have the knowledge and ... ( read original story ...)

In the reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, court-appointed property custodians were given powers to engage in transactions involving plots needed for infrastructure and residential land development ... ( read original story ...)

But they were surpassed by statistics for Hong Kong women in 2011 after Japan’s catastrophic earthquake and tsunami. From 2012 to 2014, Japanese women regained the top spot, but Hong Kong overtook them yet again the following year. In its report this ... ( read original story ...)