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3 11 DISASTERS

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2017
Flooding forces hundreds from homes in San Jose, California
Murky, waist-high floodwaters swamped neighborhoods along a rain-swollen creek in the northern California city of San Jose on Tuesday, prompting authorities to issue evacuation orders or advisories for more than 1,000 homes, city officials said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 22, 2017
How space could trigger an economic crisis
The World Economic Forum's annual assessment of global risks, published this month, rates extreme weather events as the most likely risk to the world.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2017
Tokyo's Mori Building marks Hanshin quake anniversary with disaster drill
Marking 22 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake on Tuesday, property management firm Mori Building Co. held an annual disaster drill at its major complexes in Tokyo which for the first time targeted foreign residents and tourists.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 13, 2016
Thousands in North Korea at risk months after devastating floods
Thousands of survivors of floods that hit a remote corner of North Korea in August are in need of urgent aid as winter sets in, a senior international aid official said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Nov 4, 2016
Disaster-related stress, displacement may worsen cognitive decline in elderly: study
Elderly people forced out of their homes and separated from neighbors in the aftermath of a natural disaster may be more prone to dementia than survivors who are able to remain in their dwellings, a new study suggests.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2016
Central Italian region again rattled by powerful earthquake; no deaths reported
A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors over the past two months, with more homes and churches brought down but no deaths reported.
EDITORIALS
Oct 30, 2016
The tsunami deaths lawsuit
The case shouldn't be closed on the tsunami disaster at Okawa Elementary School until all testimony is heard and all evidence weighed.
EDITORIALS
Oct 23, 2016
Protecting people against quakes
The government should focus on improving defenses against quakes rather than spending resources on the extremely difficult task of predicting when they will strike.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Sep 28, 2016
Medecins Sans Frontieres Japan calls for end to deadly attacks on hospitals
MSF Japan has launched a campaign, 'Don't Attack Hospitals,' as well a petition asking for the people of Japan to support MSF in their advocacy efforts.
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 12, 2016
Let's discuss helping foreign residents and tourists in natural disasters
Ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, enterprises in the public and private sectors are taking steps to make sure foreign residents and tourists will know what to do in the event of natural disasters.

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