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Stealth Indonesia tsunami turns perfect night into a nightmare
As the white strobe lights flashed hypnotically, the band's lead singer screamed into the crowd: "We are! We are Seventeen! Seventeen!" He then let loose with a long note as the guitarist wailed behind him. Some in the audience clapped as they sat at beach-side ...
Destabilization of Anak Krakatoa raises tsunami risk for Indonesia, experts warn
Another tsunami could strike Indonesia, experts warned on Sunday, a day after more than 200 people were killed by a wave triggered by a volcanic eruption. What caused the tsunami? The tsunami "appears to have been caused by an underwater collapse" of part of the Anak ...
Doctors and rescuers work in tsunami-struck Indonesian areas as death toll hits 281
Doctors worked to help survivors and hundreds of people searched on debris-strewn beaches for more victims Monday from a deadly tsunami that smashed into houses, hotels and other buildings without warning in the darkness along an Indonesian strait. The waves that swept terrified people into ...
Tsunami triggered by underwater slope failure on Indonesia's Anak Krakatau volcano kills hundreds
A volcano-triggered tsunami has left at least 222 people dead and hundreds more injured after slamming without warning into beaches around Indonesia's Sunda Strait, officials said Sunday, voicing fears that the toll will rise further. Hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit ...
Improvement must be made not only to physical infrastructure but also to operational aspects of the anti-disaster efforts.
Japan drags feet on cutting deficit as pre-tax hike budget tops ¥100 trillion
The budget shows Abe’s desire to prevent a tax hike from putting the brakes on the economy by triggering a plunge in demand.
Japan marks new record as foreign visitors top 30 million in 2018
The figure, eclipsing the previous record of 28.69 million set in 2017, was weighed down by a number of natural disasters that hit the country this summer.
Number of people living in flood-prone areas in Japan has risen 4.4% over 20 years, research shows
The number of households in areas designated as flood-prone by the central and local governments has soared 24.9 percent.
Government approves ¥7 trillion infrastructure plan to prepare for disasters
The government on Friday approved an emergency resilience plan worth ¥7 trillion ($62 billion) for key infrastructure after the nation was hit this summer by a series of disasters, including earthquakes, typhoons and torrential rain that caused fatal landslides and floods. Under the 160-item plan ...
Kanji of the year, meaning 'disaster,' symbolizes 2018 amid natural and human calamities
The kanji sai (災, disaster) was picked as the Chinese character best describing this year's social mood in Japan, amid a string of natural and man-made calamities, a Kyoto-based kanji promotion organization announced Wednesday. Chief Buddhist priest Seihan Mori of the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto wrote ...
A government council on anti-disaster measures proposed Tuesday that all residents of central and western coastal areas of the country should evacuate if the region is hit by a massive earthquake that is likely to occur in the next 30 years. The council called on ...
July-September GDP downgraded to 2.5% annualized contraction, government data shows
Japan's economy shrank at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the July-September quarter, downgraded to the sharpest contraction in more than four years as a string of natural disasters weighed on capital expenditure, government data showed Monday. The Cabinet Office had initially reported that ...
