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 ...

Typhoons, earthquakes and torrential downpours have caused large-scale damage throughout Japan, but now the city is using a ...

A year after a natural disaster, the resilient artisans of Japan’s Noto Peninsula are forging ahead—with great help from the ...

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

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 ...

Japan has unveiled a new 'earthquake resistant', 200mph (320kph ... Hitachi, which has been building bullet trains since the 1960s, brought bullet train technology to the UK.

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 ...

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 ...

People who live there, in countries such as Japan, are used to earthquakes happening. They build earthquake-resistant buildings that sway with the shock waves rather than fall down. Although there ...

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 ...