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Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 19, 2018
Nankai Hawks ace Joe Stanka, hero of 1964 Japan Series, dies at 87
Former Nankai Hawks great Joe Stanka, the 1964 Pacific League MVP who famously threw three shutouts during that season's Japan Series, died of heart failure on Oct. 15, his grandson Josh told The Japan Times
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2018
Nankai Trough quake, tsunami could cost Japan ¥1.4 quadrillion over 20 years, engineers say
The estimate for the latest big quake feared “in the next 30 years” comes from the Japan Society of Civil Engineers, who factored infrastructure damage into the economic impact.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2018
Japan holds drill for Nankai Trough quake feared to strike within 30 years
The government held a drill Monday to prepare for the latest massive earthquake feared to hit within the next 30 years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 25, 2017
Safety board probes cause of Osaka train accident on deformed bridge during Typhoon Lan
The Japan Transport Safety Board on Wednesday opened a probe into an Osaka train's emergency stop as it crossed a nearly century-old bridge over a typhoon-swollen river on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2017
Government readies new alert system to warn of possible massive Nankai Trough temblor
The government says it will introduce a new warning system from November to alert residents in Pacific coastal areas to a potential massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough.
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 Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2016
Nankai train conductor reprimanded after apologizing for foreign passengers
A Nankai Electric Railway conductor has been reprimanded for making a discriminatory announcement, apologizing for the many foreign passengers on his train.
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 9, 2016
Some like it hot: Scientists drill off Japan for sizzling life
Scientists will start drilling off Japan this month to seek the hottest place where life can survive in a hellish uncharted realm deep below the seabed.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
May 24, 2016
Tectonic plate quake-trigger spots accumulating in Nankai Trough
Locations known as slip-deficit regions, which could trigger powerful earthquakes, have been pinpointed in the Pacific Ocean off central Japan where the Nankai Trough quake is forecast to hit.
JAPAN
Feb 21, 2016
Few hospitals have support plans in place to deal with feared Nankai Trough quake
Only 8 percent of coastal hospitals thought at risk from the dreaded Nankai Trough earthquake have plans in place to arrange for external assistance, a study says.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Aug 2, 2015
Getting Japan's youth engaged in disaster preparedness
Even though earthquake-prone Japan has seen numerous warnings that massive, devastating temblors could strike at any time, including in the Tokyo metropolitan area and in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast, data shows the nation's youth don't seem to have the same sense of preparing for a disaster that older generations do.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 1, 2015
NRA's approval of Sendai nuclear plant ignores Nankai quake risk, seismologist warns
The nation's new nuclear regulator ignored earthquake risk and its own rules in approving the safety of the Sendai nuclear plant, said Kobe University professor and seismologist Katsuhiko Ishibashi.
EDITORIALS
Apr 2, 2015
Ambitious Nankai quake plan
The government must verify and review its highly ambitious reponse plan for the predicted Nankai Trough quake to ensure it can be implemented smoothly when disaster strikes.
JAPAN
Mar 23, 2015
Nankai Trough quake plan to enlist 137,000 for nationwide response
The government has reportedly come up with a draft for an emergency action plan covering the dreaded Nankai Trough earthquake.
JAPAN
Jan 19, 2015
Hundreds of tsunami-caused fires could accompany Nankai Trough quake: expert
A researcher estimates that about 270 tsunami-caused fires could occur across 22 prefectures in the event of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 4, 2014
Issues with weight followed 'Dokaben' Kagawa
Sad news came last week with the death of Nobuyuki "Dokaben" Kagawa, the roly-poly rotund catcher of the 1980s Nankai Hawks. He died of an apparent heart attack on Sept. 26 in Fukuoka at the age of 52.
JAPAN
Jun 23, 2014
Oil facilities face serious liquefaction risk in Tokai, Kansai, Tokyo
Liquefaction will likely disrupt many of the petrochemical complexes on the Pacific coast if large quakes occur in the Nankai Trough or Tokyo, government researchers warn.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 21, 2014
Hamaoka holds Nankai Trough quake exercise
Chubu Electric Power Co. on Wednesday held a disaster drill, open to the media at its Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, in preparation for a magnitude-9.0 quake in central to western Japan.
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2014
Train lines to be reinforced by '17
Japan hopes to reinforce railways in areas threatened by strong earthquakes by fiscal 2017, according to a draft disaster preparedness plan obtained by Kyodo News on Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 28, 2014
Earthquake action plan wins approval
Japan approves a 10-year program aimed at reducing the more than 300,000 casualties projected under the Nankai Trough earthquake scenario by 80 percent.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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