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EARTHQUAKE

Japan Times
JAPAN
May 2, 2013
Japanese film on March 11 disasters premiers in New York
Nobuteru Uchida hopes his film on Japan's struggle to recover from the calamity of March 2011 will prompt dialogue and promote tolerance, since public opinion on the risks of low-level radiation remains divided.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 30, 2013
Briton's bus stop makeover in tsunami-hit area just a start
A bus stop bench, in a rather forlorn state, is situated against the backdrop of an idyllic, seaside landscape in Ohara, Miyagi Prefecture, a remote area devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Apr 16, 2013
Google Street Views goes inside a Fukushima school
Straying off the usual Street View path, Google does inside a school in Fukushima's no-go zone.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2013
Unknown active fault may have caused M6.3 quake in Hyogo
The government's earthquake research committee says an unknown active fault may have caused a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that jolted western Japan early Saturday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2013
Aviation bureau mistakenly sends missile alert to airports after Saturday quake
Aviation bureau mistakenly reports a North Korean missile launch after the biggest earthquake in west Japan has experienced since 1995.
JAPAN
Apr 14, 2013
M5.2 quake jolts Fukushima, vicinity
An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 5.2 jolts Fukushima Prefecture and its vicinity Sunday evening.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 11, 2013
Muza Kawasaki marks grand return
Tokyo Symphony Orchestra has returned to its home at Muza Kawasaki Symphony Hall.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2013
Kids at tsunami-hit school keep traditional dances alive
Students at a junior high school in tsunami-hit Miyako, Iwate Prefecture, are making a fresh start in their efforts to keep traditional performing arts alive.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 2, 2013
Miyagi opens first post-3/11 housing
A ceremony was held Monday in Miyagi Prefecture to mark the completion of the first public housing units to be built after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 30, 2013
Satellite schools strive to keep evacuee kids
Tatsuma Hangai will be entering his third year at Namie High School in April, but he has never taken a class at the home campus in Fukushima Prefecture.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2013
Fishing vessel carried inland by tsunami to be dismantled
A 330-ton fishing vessel carried hundreds of meters inland by the March 11, 2011, tsunami will probably be dismantled instead of preserved as a memorial to the tragedy, the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 16, 2013
Tomodachi program lets youths dream anew
Three young women had simple aspirations before the 2011 earthquake and tsunami and nuclear crisis altered the landscape of the northeast and their lives on March 11.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Mar 16, 2013
Seismometer takes on sea's deepest quakes
The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology has developed an undersea seismometer that works at depths of more than 10,000 meters, allowing it practically to observe undersea quakes in all waters.
JAPAN
Mar 9, 2013
2011 disasters directly affected 1.1 million jobs: survey
The number of people whose jobs were directly affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and nuclear crisis exceeded 1.1 million in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures as of October, a government report says.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT / OLD NIC'S NOTEBOOK
Mar 3, 2013
Trying to get things done in the wake of 3/11
Two years have passed since the magnitude-9 Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, the devastating tsunami it triggered and the disgraceful and deadly fiasco at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant that followed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2013
Search for remains of disaster victims conducted in Iwate, Miyagi
Local police and coast guard conduct an intensive search for traces of those whose remains have not been found since the March 11, 2011, earthquake and tsunami disaster in the coastal areas of Iwate and Miyagi prefectures.
JAPAN
Feb 4, 2013
Magnitude 6.5 quake injures dozen in Hokkaido but 3/11 link unclear
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 struck southeast Hokkaido late Saturday, causing blackouts and prompting highway closures in some areas, the Meteorological Agency and local officials said.
Japan Times
Events
Jan 29, 2013
Preparing the foreign community for Japan's next big natural disaster
For newcomers to Japan, especially those who come from countries that don't experience frequent earthquakes, preparing for natural disasters like the megaquake and tsunami that hit the Tohoku region on March 11, 2011, may not come so easily.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 25, 2013
Schools to close but their songs go on
Music has played an important role in easing the pain of many people in the Tohoku region whose lives were affected by the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2013
Faults may void Tepco's Niigata plant
Some of the faults running under the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa atomic plant, the world's biggest nuclear power complex, could be considered active under the new regulator's safety standards.
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.
Bloodied Trump survives assassination attempt at political rally
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is surrounded and evacuated by Secret Service agents at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday. Trump was rushed off stage at the rally after shots rang out.
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.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
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.
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.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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