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Tsunami advisory lifted after earthquake strikes southwest Japan, 6.9 magnitude recorded
That tragedy, one of Japan’s most devastating natural disasters, claimed over 20,000 lives, submerged entire cities, and caused widespread destruction. With the country’s ongoing ...
Travel disruption as Japan hit with record-breaking snow
Travel disruption as Japan hit with record-breaking snow - Record-breaking snowfall fell on Japan’s northern main island of ...
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Japan takes earthquake safety seriously. Here's how its culture of preparedness keeps so many people alive.
As a result, Japan has been honing its earthquake preparedness for many decades. After a series of natural disasters following World War II, Japan enacted the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act in ...
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How Japan keeps its trains safe from earthquakes
Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...
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Disasters almost destroyed him but led man to what matters
The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami forever changed ... Yet, he now realizes that the natural disasters also led to new ties with volunteers who came to the Tohoku region and that those ...
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Japan needs immediate deficit cut to fix fiscal path, IMF warns
The government needs to prepare now to avoid negative surprises four or five years down the road, the IMF’s Japan mission ...
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Disaster-hardened Japan faces enormous costs from climate change
Japan is no stranger to the catastrophic power of natural disasters, with the Noto earthquake a little over a year ago being one of the latest in a long list of calamities to hit the country.
As Japan marks Kobe quake anniversary, fears of another major disaster mount
Tremors in the Nankai Trough, south of Kobe, have increased recently as seismologists flag higher risks of a major quake in ...
Citizen Scientists Reclaim Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Zone
Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...
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Japan marks 30 years since Kobe quake that killed over 6,400
KOBE, Japan (Kyodo) -- The western Japan city of ... continues to teach the importance of enhancing preparedness in the disaster-prone nation. Residents and victims' families observed a moment ...
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Japan megaquake would leave half a million without shelter: survey
TOKYO -- Since a massive earthquake devastated the city of Kobe in 1995, shelters remain unequipped to accommodate at least 530,000 evacuees if a similar disaster were to occur in the same region ...
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Natural Disasters Sour Sentiment
A series of natural disasters in Japan has soured business sentiment, particularly among non-manufacturers, according to a closely-watched survey. One expert says the data in the Tankan report is ...