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GREAT HANSHIN EARTHQUAKE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 3, 2020
Despite risk from the 'Big One,' are Shizuoka and the rest of Japan becoming complacent about earthquakes?
When Hokkaido native Tatsushi Ueda landed a job at the Shizuoka Prefectural Government nearly 40 years ago, he was given a somber send-off that made him feel like he might never see home again.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 18, 2019
California launches earthquake early warning system it calls best in world
California rolled out the nation's first statewide earthquake warning system on Thursday, designed to detect seismic waves and alert residents through a mobile phone app even before the ground starts shaking.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Jul 23, 2019
Capturing Haruki Murakami's 'eccentric atmosphere'
"As a university student, I never even imagined that I could be an actor. Because, to me, they only existed on screen," says Yuki Furukawa.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 6, 2019
New era offers Japan an opportunity to reassess the future
What's in a name? What's in an era? What is an "era"? What's a "new era"? Are we entering one?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 19, 2018
The most harrowing story actress Ayame Misaki has to tell is her own
Model-turned-actress Ayame Misaki has played a variety of roles over the past decade, including a soldier in "Attack on Titan" and a manipulative hostess in the film "Judas," but her own story is arguably more dramatic and harrowing than any role she has appeared in.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Jan 29, 2015
Art is long, when life can be short
Given Japan's continual seismic activity, what happened at 5:46 a.m. on Jan. 17, 1995, was unavoidable. The devastation and loss of life that occurred with the magnitude 7.3 quake in Kansai became a yardstick only now surpassed by the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. While the aftereffects of the...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 21, 2015
Remembering and learning from the Kobe quake
Cooperation in disaster relief efforts have helped strengthen ties between Japan and the United States.
COMMENTARY
Jan 20, 2015
Building community resilience to disasters: legacy of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake ushered in a new era of volunteerism in Japan, and highlighted many lessons on how to prepare for disasters.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Jan 17, 2015
Reflections on the Kobe quake two decades on
This year, thousands of Japanese around the country celebrated Coming-of-Age Day. In Kobe, however, the occasion was especially poignant, as those who will turn 20 this year were just days old or, most likely, born after the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of Jan. 17, 1995. The first generation of adults...
EDITORIALS
Jan 16, 2015
The Kobe quake, 20 years on
A new generation has grown up since the Great Hanshin Earthquake of Jan. 17, 1995 — the first mega-quake to hit a large metro area in postwar Japan — and we still have much to learn from the experience.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2015
Disaster experts warn of need for 'risk-informed' development policies
Disaster plans that combine risk reduction with the need to quickly erect new buildings and infrastructure are becoming crucial to rebuilding from natural disasters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 15, 2015
Hanshin's disaster aid to Tohoku provides many lessons
After the Great East Japan Earthquake, few helped Tohoku quicker than Hyogo and the city of Kobe, showing how their wisdom can play a role in the future disasters.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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