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DISASTER

Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 27, 2017
City in Miyagi loses appeal of tsunami death suit involving girl at Nobiru Elementary
The damages ruling against the city of Higashimatsushima stands after the Sendai High Court rules that city-run Nobiru Elementary shares blame for a girl killed by tsunami in 2011.
JAPAN
Apr 19, 2017
Hokuriku, Tohoku regions told to brace for strong winds and high waves
The Meteorological Agency warned Wednesday that the Hokuriku and Tohoku regions may see storm winds and high waves, as a cold low-pressure system is expected to move over these areas toward the east.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2017
Nearly a quarter of indirect Kumamoto quake deaths linked to sheltering in vehicles
About a quarter of the indirect deaths officially linked to last April's earthquakes in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures spent some of their nights in a vehicle, it has been learned.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2017
Caught off guard by deadly quakes, Kumamoto still learning lessons one year on
It was just after midnight and I was dozing off at a capsule hotel in the city of Kumamoto on April 16 last year when the "Big One" hit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 13, 2017
Kumamoto veterinarian looks after owners — and their pets — in times of disaster
In times of natural disaster, people's safety and well-being are naturally put first. The same, though, can't always be said for pets, which are also victims in such calamities.
EDITORIALS
Apr 3, 2017
Lifting Fukushima evacuation orders
Government decisions alone will not return evacuees' lives to a state of normalcy.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Apr 2, 2017
Temporary disaster housing has an unforeseen permanence
The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake left 110,000 people in three prefectures without shelter. Most of these people moved into emergency evacuation centers while the authorities prepared temporary housing for them.
EDITORIALS
Mar 22, 2017
Take nuclear disaster ruling seriously
The government and the power industry must reconsider whether they are sufficiently assessing the risks of a nuclear power plant disaster.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2017
Fukushima moms don lab coats to measure radiation in food, sand and soil
At a laboratory an hour's drive from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant, a woman wearing a white mask over her mouth presses bright red strawberries into a pot, ready to be measured for radiation contamination.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 13, 2017
App developed to help judge whether calling an ambulance is really necessary
The Fire and Disaster Management Agency comes up with a new way to cut down on unneeded ambulance runs.
Japan Times
JAPAN / AFTEREFFECTS OF MARCH 2011
Mar 10, 2017
Nuclear energy industry lacks new talent as Fukushima fallout turns off graduates
At a Tokyo job fair for the atomic energy industry on March 4, Kenta Kakitani, a graduate student at the University of Tokyo, hopes to some day become a nuclear plant design engineer.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 8, 2017
Tohoku's Pacific coast rising after sinking in 2011 quake
The surface level of the Pacific coastline in eastern Tohoku has been rising since sinking in the March 2011 giant earthquake, prompting action to lower the height of seawalls in some areas.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Mar 7, 2017
'Tohoku — Kumamoto Exhibition Linked by Art, Architecture and Design'
March 1-April 30
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 1, 2017
Graying public housing population grows in quake-hit northeast
A Kyodo News survey shows a growing number of elderly people living in the areas most affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake have turned to public housing since the disaster.
BUSINESS
Jan 25, 2017
Japan sees first trade surplus in six years amid falling imports
Japan puts up its first trade surplus in six years for 2016 at u00a54.07 trillion as imports slumped on falling energy prices.
EDITORIALS
Nov 24, 2016
Inexcusable response in bullying case
Yokohama school officials and the municipal board of education deserve censure for their failure to stop the bullying of a schoolboy evacuee from Fukushima.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2016
New Zealand airlifts tourists out of quake-hit town
New Zealand emergency services and defense personnel began evacuating hundreds of tourists and residents from the South Island town of Kaikoura on Tuesday, a day after a powerful earthquake hit the region, killing two people.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2016
Vietnam looks to delay Japan-, Russia-backed nuclear plants amid funds crunch
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party in October instructed government authorities to revise plans to build nuclear power plants with Russian and Japanese assistance with a view to delaying them due to the government's tight finances, it was learned Sunday from party and government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2016
Vet pushes for shelters that can keep pets and owners together during disasters
A veterinarian from Kumamoto Prefecture who provided shelter to pets and their owners in the wake of April's earthquakes in Kyushu urges lawmakers to prepare similar facilities for future disasters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2016
News anchor who survived 3/11 travels Japan spreading disaster prep message via science
When Kiyoto Abe, 53, touched a small container filled with mud with a handheld massager, an orange pingpong ball slowly surfaced, wowing about 80 children watching it.
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.

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Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
By Tomoko Otake

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