Up to 80 percent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance work, the deputy director-general of its disaster prevention department said on Monday, more than a decade after the region was hit by a tsunami that killed 226,000 people. A 9.15 magnitude earthquake struck off ...
The storms in Kyushu earlier this month not only ruined homes and roads but also dealt a blow to traditional businesses, including makers of liquor and pottery. Communities in Fukuoka and Oita prefectures worry the devastation could make it even harder for aging owners of ...
The number of confirmed deaths in flood-hit Kyushu climbs to 34, with an additional seven people still unaccounted for.
Foreign residents gathered for a seminar in Tokyo's Minato Ward on Saturday to learn how to use disaster kits and protect themselves during emergencies, even if they can't speak Japanese. The event, which was held in English with the help of volunteers, taught about 60 ...
Earthquake simulators have become tourist draws at disaster education centers nationwide, with a growing number of foreign visitors eager to learn about the hazards of life in a seismically active country. With the number of foreign visitors rapdily surging, some of the centers have begun ...
The Kumamoto quakes underlined the difficulties that municipalities face in dealing with major disasters like major earthquakes.
About ¥5 trillion in government funds earmarked for reconstruction projects in areas hit by the March 2011 disaster had not been used as of the end of fiscal 2015, the Board of Audit of Japan said Wednesday. The figure accounted for about 15 percent of ...
When large-scale natural disasters strike, authorities often have their hands full with search and rescue operations and damage control. At the same time, securing places to store the bodies of the dead so they can be handed over to their families is an important task ...
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. The researchers who studied the effects of a potential mega-quake concluded such an ...
Some 250 people, including foreign students from a Japanese language school, took part in a natural disaster drill Wednesday that simulated a massive earthquake hitting Asakusa, a major tourist area in Tokyo's Taito Ward. The scenario of the drill assumed an earthquake registering upper 6 ...
The government has added 16 new active faults to a list of major fault zones that could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude of 7 or higher in Japan. The addition by the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion brings the number of major active fault ...
The World Economic Forum's annual assessment of global risks, published this month, rates extreme weather events as the most likely risk to the world.
