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NATURAL DISASTERS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 16, 2018
In Mabicho, delays, lack of awareness raised death toll from floods
When Isao Akutagawa moved to the sleepy riverside community of Mabicho in Okayama Prefecture 45 years ago, it seemed like the perfect suburb to raise his children.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jul 14, 2018
Recent flooding highlights power of social media in a disaster
Online users in Japan followed the storms that lead to devastating floods and landslides in the western part of the country closely as they unfolded last week. The topic remained central to discussion on social media as the days went on and the full extent of the damage became clear.
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2018
Brace for quakes that can hit at any time, anywhere
The Osaka quake should serve as yet another wake-up call for city administrators across the nation to review their preparedness for disasters.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 18, 2018
Osaka quake could be sign of more shaking to come, experts warn
While details of the fault movements behind the fatal quake have yet to be determined, it struck in an area where active faults are concentrated.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BY THE NUMBERS
Mar 3, 2018
Putting the express in espresso
Three interesting figures we stumbled across online last week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2017
Floods, fires and climate crisis in the Pacific
Runaway global warming is proving to be a tipping point for catastrophes.
EDITORIALS
Dec 20, 2017
Injunction reflects hurdles nuclear power plants face
The high court decision should trigger more discussions on active volcanoes, which number more than 100 in Japan, and nuclear power plant sites.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2017
Only about 50% of schools designated as shelters in times of disaster have emergency toilet facilities: survey
Only about half of public schools in Japan designated to serve as shelters in times of disaster had the ability as of April 1 to provide alternative toilet facilities if water supplies were cut off, an education ministry survey showed Tuesday.
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2017
Police to deploy large helicopters for border security, remote-isle incidents
The National Police Agency plans to deploy large helicopters to prefectural police forces in Okinawa and Fukuoka to transport officers to remote islands and assist in disaster rescue operations, sources said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 31, 2017
80% of Thai warning system crumbling 12 years after surprise tsunami
Up to 80 percent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention department said on Monday, more than a decade after the region was hit by a tsunami that killed 226,000 people.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 1, 2017
Minato Ward hosts first disaster seminar for foreign residents
Foreign residents gathered for a seminar in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Saturday to learn how to use disaster kits and protect themselves during emergencies, even if they can't speak Japanese.
JAPAN
Mar 14, 2017
Nankai Trough mega-quake would leave 1.45 million households stranded, report says
A group of government-appointed scientists warned Tuesday that a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast could leave as many as 1.45 million households in 246 coastal municipalities stranded.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Sociologist Gracia Liu-Farrer argues that even though immigration doesn't figure into Japan's autobiography, it is more of a self-perception than a reality.
In search of the ‘Japanese dream’
By Thu-Huong Ha

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