Great East Japan Earthquake bereaved express grief, but also resilience on disaster anniv.
On March 11, people in places across Japan paused to offer silent prayers for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...
Editorial: Social welfare cannot be the forgotten child of Japan's disaster relief system
Japan faces the constant risk of natural calamities striking anywhere at any time. To save as many lives as possible, it is ...
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14 Years after Great East Japan Earthquake: Local Govts Need to Examine ‘What Form Reconstruction Should Take’
The affected areas, hit by an unprecedented disaster, are moving forward step by step, but they are facing difficult ...
‘Nervous and rushed': Massive Fukushima plant cleanup exposes workers to high radiation and stress
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s radiation levels have significantly dropped since the cataclysmic meltdown 14 ...
Q&A: Next-generation hazard maps to help society change and enhance disaster resilience
When trying to improve, refine, and seek more efficiency in disaster management measures, predicting the extent of disaster ...
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Feature: Japan's Small Island Communities Prepare To Ride Out Disasters Alone
File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake ...
Milwaukee Independent4d
Xenophobia and misinformation: Why Japan’s 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake led to a Korean massacre
On the morning of September 1, 1923, an earthquake with a magnitude believed to be around 7.9 rattled the Kanto region. The ...
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Court rejects request to halt western Japan nuclear reactor
A Japanese court rejects a request to halt the operation of a nuclear reactor run by Shikoku Electric Power Co. in western ...
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Tsunami-struck Japanese hotel stands as a testament to resilience after tragedy
Perched along the scenic coastline of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, the Taro Kanko Hotel once stood as a symbol of hospitality, ...
Japan's top court upholds ex-TEPCO leaders' acquittal on negligence over Fukushima nuclear crisis
Japan’s top court has found two former company executives not guilty of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster and the subsequent deaths of dozens of elderly residents ...
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Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Being Developed by MHI Used in Demonstration of Automated Transport and Unloading of Heavy Cargo in Disaster Areas
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), in collaboration with the Japan UAS Industrial Development Association (JUIDA), ...
‘People are angry’: Japan braces for a new unknown – prolonged inflation
A country that suffered from deflation for decades is now experiencing a sustained rise in prices of basic items ranging from ...