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Southwest Japan’s Challenges: Global Wave / Beef Cattle Production Center Miyakonojo Grows as Hub of Southern Kyushu Region
This is the fifth installment of a series that follows the waves of change taking place in Kyushu and nearby Yamaguchi and ...
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 ...
Japan’s PM attends Fukushima memorial marking 14th anniversary of nuclear disaster
Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attended a memorial service hosted by Fukushima Prefecture on Tuesday to mark 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast, ...
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 ...
‘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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...