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Japan's government to increase financial aid to regions hit by recent disasters
The central government decided Friday to increase financial aid to quake-hit areas of Hokkaido and regions reeling from typhoons in order to help with reconstruction work. The government designated damage in Hokkaido and other areas as "extremely severe" and will provide 10 to 20 percent ...
13,000 fled to 768 evacuation centers in Hokkaido after powerful quake
About 13,000 people sought shelter at a total of 768 evacuation centers set up in Hokkaido following the powerful earthquake that hit the island on Sept. 6, according to the Hokkaido Prefectural Government. With the magnitude 6.7 quake triggering a prefecture-wide blackout and paralyzing traffic, ...
Many cat owners in Hokkaido are desperately looking for their missing pets, fearing they have gotten lost after fleeing their homes in the turmoil created by the level 7 earthquake on Sept. 6. The animal management center in Sapporo, the capital, has been contacted about ...
Hokkaido's prefecture-wide blackout on Sept. 6 was caused by a failed emergency step that was designed to prevent exactly what it caused after the level 7 earthquake, a document has revealed. The reason it failed was because the temblor triggered a bigger initial power loss ...
The sky’s no limit for far-flung motorbike touring in Hokkaido
Two humans, one motorcycle and seven days of travel on Hokkaido's open roads.
Hokkaido newspaper successfully tests newspaper delivery by drone
A Hokkaido newspaper company tested delivery by drone on Friday to determine whether the unmanned aircraft can be relied on to bring news to the public in times of disaster. Two weeks after a level 7 earthquake caused deadly landslides and a prefecture-wide blackout, a ...
Tokyo to subsidize hotel discounts in Hokkaido to help tourism recover from quake
Plan supported by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe follows similar moves following disasters in other parts of the country.
Debts stemming from reconstruction and recovery piling up in disaster-prone Japan
Recovery and reconstruction efforts following major natural disasters take years and large sums of money to complete, and the magnitude 6.7 quake that rocked Hokkaido earlier this month is unlikely to be an exception. Shoichiro Miyasaka, mayor of Atsuma, where massive landslides engulfed homes following ...
Growth in number of visitors to Japan remains slow in August due to natural disasters
The estimated number of visitors to Japan in August rose 4.1 percent from a year earlier to 2,577,800, marking slow growth due to recent disasters in the country as well as scorching summer heat, the Japan National Tourism Organization said Wednesday. A powerful earthquake in ...
More than 350 schools and universities in Hokkaido damaged in quake
At least 354 schools, universities and other educational institutions in Hokkaido were damaged in the powerful earthquake that struck the prefecture Sept. 6, a tally by the central and local governments showed. In most cases, the deadly quake that occurred shortly after 3 a.m. caused ...
Restart of quake-hit Hokkaido thermal power plant delayed until Wednesday
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. has postponed the restart of a major thermal power plant — initially scheduled for Tuesday — to Wednesday, the utility said.
Hokkaido's famous ski resort area Niseko seeks to promote its safety after powerful quake
With the Hokkaido tourism industry estimating losses of around ¥29 billion from the recent deadly earthquake, due to widespread hotel cancellations following the disaster, Niseko, a famous ski resort in the prefecture that escaped relatively unscathed from the quake, is seeking to promote its ...
