A massive earthquake off Russia’s eastern coast triggered Pacific-wide tsunami warnings, minimal damage, and renewed warnings that Japan and the region remain dangerously underprepared for the next major disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/08/01/japans-vulnerability-to-natural-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #earthquakes #tsunami #russia #nankaitrough
Japan's tsunami advisory for coastal areas between Tokyo Bay and Okinawa has been lifted, with the exception of some locations, though the measure remains in place between Hokkaido and Chiba Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/japan/tsunami-advisory-partially-lifted/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #tsunami #russia #disasters
After a powerful earthquake struck off the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, tsunami centers along the Pacific coastline warned of the potential for colossal waves, but they never transpired. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/31/earth-science/powerful-earthquake-weak-tsunami/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #earthscience #tsunami #oceans #earthquakes #kamchatka
A new radar satellite, successfully launched Wednesday, will track tiny shifts across almost all of Earth’s land and ice regions, measuring changes as slight as a centimeter. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2025/07/31/earth-science/earth-surface-new-satellite/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #earthscience #nasa #earthquakes #tsunami #satellites
Coastal regions from Chile to the western U.S. were on edge after a powerful earthquake in Russia’s Far East triggered a tsunami that rippled across the Pacific. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/31/asia-pacific/tsunami-chile-us-russia-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #tsunami #earthquakes #russia #japan #us #hawaii #peru #chile #pacificocean
The Tokyo District Court ordered Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings on Wednesday to pay about ¥100 million ($675,000) in damages over the 2011 accident at its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/crime-legal/tepco-ordered-to-pay-damages-nuclear-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #fukushimano1 #311 #earthquakes #tsunami #futaba #fukushima #japanesecourts
One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded struck Russia's sparsely populated Far East on Wednesday, causing tsunami up to 4 meters across the Pacific and sparking evacuations as far away as Hawaii. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/asia-pacific/quake-russia-tsunami/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #tsunami #earthquakes #russia
The Nuclear Regulation Authority approved a safety screening report that the No. 3 reactor at the Tomari nuclear power plant in Hokkaido meets Japan's safety standards. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/hokkaido-nuclear-reactor-passes-safety-screening/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #tomari #nuclearenergy #earthquakes #tsunami
A tsunami advisory was issued for the coasts of Hokkaido, Honshu and Kyushu on Wednesday morning after a strong earthquake struck off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/30/japan/kamchatka-earthquake-tsunami-advisory/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #tsunami #russia
The city of Kamaishi in Iwate Prefecture is said to have been the first place on Japan's main island of Honshu to suffer a naval bombardment during World War II. Mutsuko Sano, 94, clearly heard the earth rumbling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/28/japan/history/1945-naval-bombardment-kamaishi-iwate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #history #wwii #iwate #kamaishi #tsunami #earthquakes
Japan has held the first meeting of its panel tasked with reviewing guidelines on how companies and local governments should respond to emergency information on a possible earthquake in the Nankai Trough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/nankai-trough-quake-info-guidelines-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #localgovernment
Evacuees from the Tokara Islands, hit by a series of over 2,200 earthquakes since June 21, are expected to begin heading home as early as Friday night. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/23/japan/evacuees-to-return-to-tokara-islands/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kagoshima #earthquakes #tokaraislands
In the face of rural decline, Yukio Iokibe’s documentary is a quiet tribute to how democracy endures — through personal conviction and human connection. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/07/20/film/noto-democracy-documentary/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #documentary #yukioiokibe #ishikawa #earthquakes #notopeninsula #depopulation
Growth in tourism to Japan slowed in June as Hong Kong visitors stayed away after unfounded predictions that a megaquake was about to hit the country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/tourism-growth-quake-rumor/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tourism #earthquakes
Four Noto Peninsula assemblies sent a joint letter of protest to LDP lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho demanding his resignation for saying "it was lucky that the earthquake occurred in Noto." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/12/japan/ldp-lawmaker-noto-protest-letter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #gaffes #ldp #wakayama
Nearly half of respondents living in the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture believe that a digital divide was evident right after the January 2024 disaster, a survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/noto-digital-divide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawa #surveys #earthquakes #internet #disasterpreparedness
Ruling party lawmaker Yosuke Tsuruho came under fire over his verbal gaffe about a powerful earthquake that struck Noto Peninsula last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/lawmaker-apologizes-over-gaffe-on-noto-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #gaffes
Japanese Emperor Naruhito, in a speech at a U.N. event on water and disasters, urged people"to take new action" to tackle water-related issues around the world. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/09/japan/emperor-speech-water/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan#emperornaruhito #newyork#imperialfamily #un #water #earthquakes
A total of 46 evacuees left Akuseki and Kodakara islands aboard a ferry Sunday morning from the village of Toshima, in Kagoshima Prefecture, after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the Tokara island chain. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/06/japan/more-residents-evacuate-remote-islands/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokaraislands #earthquakes #kagoshima
Japan's government on Saturday warned of more possible strong earthquakes in waters southwest of its main islands, but urged the public not to believe unfounded predictions of a major disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/05/japan/japan-dismiss-doomsday-hype/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokaraislands #earthquakes #kagoshima