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3 11 DISASTERS

WORLD
Sep 16, 2018
U.S. to test sending emergency alerts to cellphones nationwide
The Trump administration will send a message to all U.S. cellphones on Thursday to test a previously unused alert system that aims to warn the public about national emergencies.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Sep 15, 2018
Japanese media face hostility in disaster coverage on social media
Typhoon Jebi caused all sorts of damage when the storm — the most powerful in 25 years to hit the country — tore through western Japan earlier this month.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Sep 15, 2018
Does Kansai need three international airports?
Twenty-four years after Kansai airport's opening, Typhoon Jebi roared through, flooding the main runway, parts of the main terminal building and dislodging a tanker in the adjacent bay that drifted into the facility's connecting bridge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 13, 2018
Hokkaido dairy farmers hit by quake work together to overcome hardship
With many dairy farmers in Hokkaido forced to dump thousands of liters of fresh milk following power outages and a scarcity of water triggered by the powerful earthquake on Sept. 6, local communities are trying to overcome the hardship by banding together.
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2018
Work begins on repairing Kansai airport's bridge with an aim of restarting rail services by end of month
West Nippon Expressway Co. plans to finish removing a heavily-damaged 2,000-ton girder on the causeway to Kansai International Airport, the nation's third-busiest air hub, by Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 12, 2018
Hokkaido quake throws lives of small town's residents into chaos
Evacuees from the town of Abira face ongoing uncertainty as they grapple with losses caused by the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck Hokkaido on Sept. 6.
EDITORIALS
Sep 11, 2018
Brace for the risks of unanticipated disasters
The Hokkaido quake provides more clues on how to improve our disaster preparedness.
JAPAN
Sep 11, 2018
65% of people in Japan lack an emergency kit, survey finds
As much as 65 percent of the nation is lacking an emergency kit, according to a private survey, underscoring the public's lack of preparedness for disasters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 10, 2018
New Chitose Airport bounces back but power outages a wider concern in quake-hit Hokkaido
It took a lot of hard work, but the airport serving the city of Sapporo is back up and running.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 10, 2018
The necessary calamity
Officials should use the Typhoon Jebi experience to improve their disaster management responses.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2018
As Kansai airport partially reopens, officials discuss temporarily routing some flights elsewhere
The central government and Kansai region officials push a proposal to temporarily route some international flights to Osaka's Itami airport and Kobe Airport following the temporary closure of Osaka International Airport.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2018
Governments 'not ready' for December climate change summit, says Fiji PM Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama at Bangkok talks
Governments are unprepared for a crucial climate change meeting in Poland later this year aimed at ensuring the full implementation of the 2015 Paris Agreement, Fiji Prime Minister Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama said this week at climate talks in Bangkok.

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