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EARTHQUAKES

A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture on Sunday evening following a strong earthquake. The advisory was later called off, after waves measuring 20 centimeters were recorded in some areas.
JAPAN
Nov 9, 2025
Tsunami threat passes following magnitude 6.9 quake off Iwate
Waves reached 20 centimeters in some areas after the quake, which measured a 4 on Japan's seismic intensity scale.
Only about half as many people in the Noto Peninsula chose to repair their homes that were damaged by last year's earthquake and heavy rain as those who decided to demolish them, sources said Thursday.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 7, 2025
More choosing demolition over repair for Noto homes damaged by disasters
Many applied for publicly funded demolition because fixing the houses on their own would have been much costlier.
Ruka Ogura (from front row left) Mitsuki Komatsu and Yumeto Hirama attend a discussion marking the 10th anniversary of World Tsunami Awareness Day at the U.N. Headquarters in New York on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Nov 6, 2025
Students from tsunami-hit Sendai speak at U.N. headquarters
The high school students emphasized the significance of disaster prevention education.
A woman carrying a child stands next to her damaged house, in the aftermath of an earthquake, in Samangan province, Afghanistan, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Nov 5, 2025
Reeling from earthquakes, Afghans fear coming winter
Survivors of a powerful earthquake that turned homes into rubble are now wondering where they can find shelter from pouring rain and cold temperatures.
Takeo Fukuda, head of Shimonagatsuka district, stands in front of his home in the town of Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2025
Fukushima town eases entry restrictions in contaminated areas
Following the easing of the restrictions, residents can enter their homes without permission, though they are not permitted to stay overnight.
An Afghan man stands near the remains of damaged houses in the aftermath of the September earthquake in Kunar province, Afghanistan. A new, 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck near the northern Afghan city of Mazar-i-Sharif early on Monday, killing at least nine people.
WORLD
Nov 3, 2025
Powerful 6.3 quake in northern Afghanistan kills at nine
The 6.3 magnitude quake struck overnight at a depth of 28 kilometers, with the epicenter near the city of Mazar-i-Sharif.
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings plans to discharge 7,800 tons of treated water after diluting it with large amounts of seawater in the ongoing operation, set to run until Nov. 17.
JAPAN
Oct 30, 2025
Nuclear plant in Fukushima starts fifth round of treated water discharge
This is the 16th time that water containing small amounts of radioactive tritium has been released since the discharge began in August 2023.
Kunashiri Island is seen across the Nemuro Strait, just before sunrise from Rausu, Hokkaido. A strong earthquake struck the area at a depth of about 40 kilometers early Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2025
Strong quake shakes Hokkaido as authorities urge vigilance
The quake, with an estimated magnitude of 5.8, measured a lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, in the city of Nemuro.
Lawson is looking to upgrade 100 stores nationwide to turn them into key community hubs in the event of a disaster.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 17, 2025
Lawson looks to create network of 'disaster relief convenience stores'
It hopes to upgrade 100 stores nationwide so that they are able to serve as key community hubs in the event of a calamity.
Tohoku University researchers say a band of underground solidified magma that collapsed may have supercharged the 2024 earthquake on the Noto Peninsula.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Oct 16, 2025
Ancient magma may have supercharged Noto quake, Japan researchers say
The findings help explain why a series of small earthquakes over a period of about three years suddenly culminated in the magnitude 7.6 Noto Peninsula quake in January 2024.
People observe a moment of silence on March 11, the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, near the ruins of the former disaster prevention center in Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture.
JAPAN
Oct 10, 2025
Remains identified as 6-year-old missing after 2011 tsunami
The victim was at home in Iwate Prefecture and was washed away by the tsunami that came following the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Authorities inspect a damaged wall and a car outside a mall in Butuan, Philippines, on Friday, after a major earthquake struck the area.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 10, 2025
Powerful earthquake strikes off southern Philippines
People in nearby coastal areas were urged to evacuate to higher ground.
The aunt of Lady Jane Ytang, 17, who died during the magnitude 6.9 quake, mourns over her coffin at a wake for victims in Bogo, Cebu, Philippines, on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2025
'It was love' — Philippine family mourns daughter who died saving kin in quake
Lady Jane, 17, died saving her family, one of at least 72 people killed in the quake that struck off the island of Cebu.
Relatives of missing students mourn on Thursday as they wait for rescuers to search for survivors at the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, which collapsed on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2025
Hopes dim for parents after Indonesia school collapse
About 60 people, mostly students, remain trapped under the remains of the Al Khoziny Islamic boarding school in East Java that collapsed on Monday.
Search and rescue operations continue for victims trapped under the rubble of a collapsed school, in Sidoarjo, East Java province, Indonesia, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 2, 2025
Five survivors pulled from collapsed school in Indonesia as rescuers race against time
Part of the multistory boarding school, in the town of Sidoarjo on the island of Java, gave way suddenly as students gathered for afternoon prayers.
Vehicles maneuver past a damaged part of a road in the city of Bogo, Philippines, on Monday after a powerful magnitude 6.9 earthquake killed dozens on the island of Cebu.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 1, 2025
Philippines quake kills dozens as injured overwhelm hospitals
Overnight recovery efforts in the wake of the magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Tuesday night were hampered by the dark as well as aftershocks.
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks at the Prime Minister's Office on Sept. 1 during an anti-disaster drill simulating an earthquake in the Nankai Trough.
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2025
Japanese team detects gradual seafloor caving near Nankai Trough
Long-term observations at multiple sites could aid in assessing the risk of major earthquakes and tsunamis.
People displaced by fighting between Myanmar's military and an ethnic minority army sit in a shelter on the grounds of a monastery in Mandalay.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 27, 2025
Quake-hit Myanmar city becomes epicenter of junta election offensive
The junta has pledged elections beginning on Dec. 28 and has touted them as a path to peace with its myriad adversaries.
A newspaper headline in Japanese about a possible Nankai Trough earthquake. In a report issued Friday, the government's Earthquake Research Committee widened the probability range for a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake occurring off the country's Pacific coast within the next 30 years from "around 80%" to 60% to 94.5% or higher.
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2025
Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake
A government panel has said that it now thinks a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% to 94.5% or higher within the next 30 years.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks during an interview on Sept. 20 at parliament.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2025
LDP presidential candidate Hayashi sees need for backup of Tokyo
The idea has been championed by opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai, which is seeking to turn Osaka into a backup capital.
Tokyo ranked world’s richest city by GDP, with Osaka-Kobe also rated highly
Tokyo has a gross domestic product of $2.55 trillion, just ahead of New York’s $2.49 trillion and Greater Los Angeles’ $1.62 trillion, according to CEOWorld’s global wealth index.
Takaichi stands firm on controversial Taiwan contingency remarks
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi responds to questions during a session of the House of Representatives' Budget Committee in parliament in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s bears have been on their killing spree for more than 100 years
Bear attacks have dominated Japanese news headlines in recent months, with 13 people so far having been killed by the animals.
Tokyo looks to keep ‘monster parents’ at bay with new protocols
New guidelines are addressing struggles by teachers to deal with the burden of parents who make irrational complaints that go beyond what is considered socially acceptable, often referred to as "monster parents," which is overwhelming their workload.
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Florist Nicolai Bergmann flourishes outside the box
Florist Nicolai Bergmann shops for fresh flowers at the Ota flower market in Tokyo on Friday.
Jenson Button brings end to an illustrious racing career intertwined with Japan
Jenson Button races for Honda during the Singapore Grand Prix in September 2008.
Cleanliness gets competitive at Tokyo’s Spogomi world cup
On Oct. 29, teams from 33 qualifying countries scoured the streets of Shibuya for all manners of trash as part of the Spogomi litter-picking competition.
Jon Homewood: ‘There’s beauty in what we throw away’
After a peripatetic childhood around the world, teacher and artist Jon Homewood ended up coming to Japan in 2012 for a professional opportunity.
High-speed rail is expensive and difficult, but seen as a key to growth
Achal Khare, former managing director at India’s National High Speed Rail Corporation, gives a presentation during the IHRA Forum 2025 in Tokyo on Oct. 23.

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