Three decades later, the need for earthquake-resistant structures ... upper end of 6 to 7 on Japan’s seismic scale. The law was further amended in 2013, requiring building owners to conduct ...

Concrete structures in Japan capture and store about 14% of the CO2 emissions released during cement production, according to ...

A High-Speed Revolution With British Design Japan has introduced the groundbreaking E10 Shinkansen, a high-speed bullet train ...

Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of earthquake-resistant ... roads and caused building to collapse ...

Prone to major earthquakes that trigger fires and tsunamis, Japan has become ... to be more disaster-resistant and sometimes used to protect older, more vulnerable buildings.

But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan ... falling debris from trees, buildings, overhead wires or ...

British firm unveils interior designs for Japanese ultra-fast earthquake-proof trains - The E10 Shinkansen train is set to ...

Japan's Noto Peninsula is reeling from its most powerful earthquake in a century, but the death toll is remarkably low. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the peninsula in central Japan on ...

As an earthquake-prone country, Japan has specific earthquake-resistant standards that needed ... scale are of great importance. Concrete buildings and infrastructure keep on absorbing CO₂ ...