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

Three decades later, the need for earthquake-resistant structures along major roads remains ... registering on the upper end of 6 to 7 on Japan’s seismic scale. The law was further amended ...

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.

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

Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of earthquake-resistant ... shelter indoors. Structures built or reinforced ...

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 ...

Many such buildings only meet old earthquake resistance standards. As megaquakes are forecast to hit Japan within 30 years, seismic reinforcement is vital, not just for individuals but for society ...

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 ...

Concrete structures in Japan capture and store about 14% of ... As an earthquake-prone country, Japan has specific earthquake-resistant standards that needed to be factored into these calculations.