Kansai Electric Power says that it will complete a geological survey to build a safer next-generation nuclear reactor in Fukui Prefecture around 2030. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/18/japan/kansai-electric-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kepco #nuclearenergy #earthquakes #fukui #surveys
Yoshihiko Matsui’s first feature in nearly two decades seethes with fury over Fukushima’s forgotten victims. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/18/film/there-was-such-a-thing-before/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #japanesefilm #yoshihikomatsui #oshiromaeda #airukubozuka #fukushimano1 #311 #earthquakes #tsunami
A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Kamchatka in Russia's Far East on Saturday, prompting a tsunami warning that was later lifted. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/13/world/russia-far-east-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #russia #earthquakes #tsunami
Afraid aftershocks could bring rocks crashing down from the mountains, the survivors of Afghan earthquakes said they would not return to destroyed villages, but stay in fields and on riverbanks, instead. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/world/afghan-earthquake-survivors-landslides/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #afghanistan #earthquakes
Princess Aiko attended the 10th national conference on disaster management, becoming the first imperial family member to take part in the annual event. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/08/japan/princess-aiko-attends-disaster-conference/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #princessaiko#imperialfamily #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #niigata #earthquakes
A memorial service was held Saturday for the victims of an earthquake that killed 44 people in Hokkaido seven years ago. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/06/japan/hokkaido-2018-quake-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #earthquakes
Nearly a week after an earthquake killed more than 2,200 people in Afghanistan, the United States has not taken the first step to authorize emergency aid, sources said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/06/world/us-no-afghanistan-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #us #aid #afghanistan #earthquakes
Rescue teams have struggled to reach survivors days after a powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan left more than 1,400 people dead, as access to remote areas remained obstructed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/04/world/quake-afghan-survivors-aid/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #afghanistan #earthquakes
Hope faded Wednesday of finding survivors in the rubble of homes devastated by the weekend's powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, as emergency services struggled to reach remote villages. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/03/world/survivors-afghanistan-earthquake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #afghanistan #earthquakes
Afghanistan was already facing severe crises when it was rocked by another devastating earthquake, but this time there are fewer resources to muster after foreign funding was slashed to the bone this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/world/afghanistan-quake-aid-slashed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #afghanistan #earthquakes #aid
Survivors of an earthquake that flattened villages in eastern Afghanistan, killing more than 800 people, spent the night in the open as rescuers worked Tuesday to pull victims from the rubble. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/02/world/afghanistan-earthquake-kills-800/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #afghanistan #earthquakes
The government has held a disaster drill under the assumption that a megaquake had occurred in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/japan-disaster-prevention-day-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #disasterpreparedness #shigeruishiba #nankaitrough #earthquakes
A 6.0 magnitude earthquake in eastern Afghanistan has killed hundreds of people, the deadliest seismic disaster in the country since 2023. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/world/quake-afghanistan-deadliest-since-2023/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #afghanistan #middleeast #earthquakes
Japan plans to use state funds to help residents of areas at high risk of fire obtain earthquake-sensitive breakers to prevent blazes caused by short circuits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/society/quake-sensitive-breakers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #firefighters
The Japanese government has corrected the number of potential advance evacuees in the event of an alert for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's coast to about 516,000, from 520,000 initially. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/japan-corrects-number-of-potential-megaquake-evacuees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #oita #disasterpreparedness
More than 520,000 people in Japan would be urged to evacuate for a week if an alert is issued for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast, a government survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/megaquake-520000-evacuate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes
Japan's tourism boom continued in July, with record arrivals for the month, the tourism board said Wednesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/july-foreign-visitors-record-high/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tourism #china #hongkong #southkorea #taiwan #earthquakes
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