In Japan, a Journalist Takes a Stand by Striking Out on His Own
Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy away from challenging authority.
Wildfire-hit Ofunato City in Japan begins issuing disaster-victim certificates
The city of Ofunato in northeastern Japan has begun issuing certificates that residents affected by the recent wildfires need to claim public financial aid to rebuild their lives.
In Japan, fears mount of a massive 2011-style earthquake on disaster anniversary
Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...
Editorial: Social welfare cannot be the forgotten child of Japan's disaster relief system
Japan faces the constant risk of natural calamities striking anywhere at any time. To save as many lives as possible, it is ...
Japan fights forest fire that has forced 1,200 people to evacuate
Japan is fighting a forest fire that has damaged dozens of homes and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate in a ...
Japan PM Ishiba vows to pass on lessons from 3/11 disaster to future generations
Japan's Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru has pledged to pass on to future generations lessons learned from the March 11 disaster ...
Q&A: Developing disaster education to protect children's lives
Professor Sakurai Aiko of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies has a unique background, pursuing a career ...
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Japan marks 14th anniversary of quake, tsunami, nuclear disaster
Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast and triggered a ...
Chinese tourists are drawn to nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima despite radiation fears
Tourists – mainly from China – are flocking to Futaba, the town which is home to the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, undeterred by lingering radiation threats from the 2011 earthquake ...