Japan's small island communities prepare to ride out disasters alone
SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural ...
Closure elusive for families of 2,520 missing tsunami victims
Ceremonies and memorials marked the 14th anniversary of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, but the disaster has still not ...
Japan marks 14th anniversary of quake-tsunami, nuclear disasters
Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast and triggered a ...
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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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Explosion shakes Okinawa wharf as Japan clears unexploded WWII ordnance
Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit set off ...
History Today: When a powerful earthquake and tsunami triggered the Fukushima nuclear disaster
On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. In 2004, ...
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Guest conductor leads Midcoast Symphony Orchestra in fire-themed program
Miura, a native of Sendai, Japan, holds a doctorate in music from Columbia University. Besides his position at Bates, where he teaches music theory and composition and directs the college ...
Snow may accumulate in Kanto plains, including Tokyo, on Monday
Temperatures are expected to drop sharply in many parts of Japan on Monday after a spell of unusually warm weather at the weekend.
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Tohoku quake kills 3, injures 107, derails bullet train
The powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture on ... at 2:14 a.m., while the prefectural capital of Sendai observed a 20-cm wave at 1:46 a.m. In Fukushima Prefecture ...