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International Olympic Committee (IOC) Coordination Commission chairman John Coates has praised Tokyo 2020 for the attention given to reconstruction efforts in areas affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. Coates made the assertion at an ... ( read original story ...)

With our city now so laughably unaffordable, thousands of Vancouverites are stuck imagining wonderful homes instead of living in them. Spaced is a record of our minds wandering the world of architecture and design, up and away from the unrewarding ... ( read original story ...)

In 1988 Japan sent the first group of rescuers to help Armenia after the devastating earthquake that killed more than 25,000. Speaking to reporters in Yerevan Monday Japan’s Ambassador to Armenia Eiji Taguchi said “the development of economic relations ... ( read original story ...)

If you’ve ever witnessed the havoc that earthquakes can wreak, then you are fully aware of how frightening this rare act of nature can truly be. While the majority of earthquakes experienced are low on the Richter scale and cause minimal damage, some ... ( read original story ...)

Japan was hit by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded on March 11, 2011. The magnitude 9.0 quake spawned a deadly tsunami that slammed into the small island nation, leaving a huge swath of devastation in its wake. Thousands of people are dead and ... ( read original story ...)

The first shock hit at 11:58 a.m., emanating from a seismic fault six miles beneath the floor of Sagami Bay, 30 miles south of Tokyo. A 60- by 60-mile segment of the Philippine oceanic plate ruptured and thrust itself against the Eurasian continental plate ... ( read original story ...)

They state the trench - running offshore from the top of the South Island to Gisborne in the north - can produce deadly 9.0 earthquakes and tsunamis powerful enough to reach residents in just seven minutes. 'We need to think Japan 2011 basically ... ( read original story ...)

They state the trench - running offshore from the top of the South Island to Gisborne in the north - can produce deadly 9.0 earthquakes and tsunamis powerful enough to reach residents in just seven minutes. 'We need to think Japan 2011 basically ... ( read original story ...)

"We need to think Japan 2011 basically, because if our whole plate boundary ruptured it would be a magnitude-9 earthquake," Cochran said. "One thing about reflecting on from the Kaikōura earthquake is we don't want people to think this is the big ... ( read original story ...)

RISING like a phoenix from the ashes of the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in March 2011, Fukushima prefecture, the third largest in Japan, is hoping to be a beacon for Japan’s new energy technologies for the future. Efforts under the ... ( read original story ...)

Economists have studied extensively the direct impacts of natural disasters on local labour markets, but less is known about the knock-on consequences for wider markets. This column argues that although supply chain disruptions caused by the Great East ... ( read original story ...)

A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the JMA as M6.2 hit Izu Islands region, Japan at 09:43 UTC (18:43 JST) on November 16, 2017. The agency is reporting a depth of 20 km (12.4 miles). USGS is reporting M5.8 at a depth of 71 km (44 miles), EMSC M5 ... ( read original story ...

... magnitude-5.4 earthquake that hit Pohang on Wednesday is likely connected to earthquakes in Gyeongju last year and one under the Pacific Ocean seabed near Tohoku in Japan, South Korean experts said. The Pohang earthquake happened about 2:30 p.m. nine ... ( read original story ...)

“The earthquake is the second-strongest natural earthquake to ... South Korea had been known to have little seismic activity compared to neighboring Japan. Meanwhile, no leakage or breakdowns were detected at the six nuclear reactors in Gyeongju ... ( read original story ...)

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook South Korea's southeastern coast ... South Korea has relatively little seismic activity, unlike neighbouring Japan. ( read original story ...)

The 5.4 magnitude rocked the coast near Pohang in South Korea in the sea of Japan. The earthquake shook buildings and caused books to fall from shelves sending tremors as far as Seoul - kilometers away from where it struck. At least four people have been ... ( read original story ...)