NEWSWORTHY
East Asia should build resilience through disaster-relief cooperation
The president of Soka Gakkai International urges Japan, China and South Korea to take the initiative in building a model of cooperation that will serve to mutually strengthen regional resilience to extreme-weather events and other disasters.
Comprehensive agenda, anti-nuclear failures ensured Masuzoe victory
Yoichi Masuzoe's ability to address a wide range of issues and the failure of his rivals to keep the public's attention focused on nuclear energy were the keys to his victory in Sunday's Tokyo gubernatorial election, experts say. "The pledges on which Masuzoe put emphasis ...
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.
