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 ...
EDITORIAL: Coordinated approach needed for post-disaster recovery efforts
In the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, which devastated vast areas of northeastern Japan, tsunami-affected ...
Mexican-Japanese fusion should be a disaster. At Los Mochis, it’s a revelation
The collision of Mexican and Japanese cuisine sounds like a recipe for culinary chaos. But as Liam Murphy discovers at Los ...
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.
Great East Japan Earthquake bereaved express grief, but also resilience on disaster anniv.
On March 11, people in places across Japan paused to offer silent prayers for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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Hike for Hope: A New Long Trail through a Former Disaster Zone
The 200-km Fukushima Coastal Trail takes hikers through some of the heaviest-hit areas of the earthquake, tsunami, and ...
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 ...
Digital signs used to convey disaster info in many languages
Local governments around Japan are using digital signboards, long an instrument for corporate advertising, to convey crucial ...
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 ...