Empress Masako turned 62 on Tuesday with reinforced hopes for lasting peace as she reflected on her visits this year to places associated with World War II. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/09/japan/empress-masako-birthday/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #empressmasako #imperialfamily #mongolia #wwii #atomicbombings #2025osakaexpo #earthquakes #health
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck off eastern Aomori Prefecture around 11:15 p.m. Monday, with tsunami warnings issued for coastal areas of Aomori, Iwate and Hokkaido prefectures. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/08/japan/tohoku-quake-tsunami/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #tsunami
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visited the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was severely damaged by last year's powerful earthquake and heavy rains. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/07/japan/takaichi-noto-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sanaetakaichi #notopeninsula #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake
Some children have suffered by seeing their experiences of losing their loved ones in disasters reported in ways that went against their wishes. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/01/japan/society/bereaved-family-disaster-victims/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #greathanshinearthquake #earthquakes #children #media
A Japanese high court branch on Friday rejected injunctions by local residents seeking to halt the operations of aging nuclear power reactors run by Kansai Electric Power in Fukui Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/28/japan/crime-legal/court-rejection-injunctions-mihama-takahama/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #kepco #japanesecourts #fukui #mihama #takahama #nuclearenergy #earthquakes
A powerful 5.8 magnitude quake hit Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday at around 6:01 p.m., the Japan Meteorological Agency said. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/25/japan/strong-quake-jolts-kumamoto/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #kumamoto #earthquakes
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako plan to visit Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures next year, 15 years after a massive earthquake and tsunami struck the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/imperial-couple-northeast-visit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #emperornaruhito #empressmasako #imperialfamily #iwate #miyagi #fukushima #earthquakes #kumamoto
A new winery facility is set to open Saturday in a northeastern Japan district heavily damaged by the March 2011 tsunami, raising hopes that it will help liven up the struggling community. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/13/japan/new-winery-revitalization-miyagi/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishinomaki #miyagi #311 #earthquakes #wine
A tsunami advisory was issued for Iwate Prefecture following a magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck off the coast on Sunday evening, measuring a 4 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/09/japan/iwate-tsunami-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #tsunami #iwate
About twice as many residents in the Noto Peninsula whose homes were damaged by 2024's earthquake and heavy rain have applied to have them demolished than those choosing to repair them. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/07/japan/society/noto-repair-homes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #ishikawa #notopeninsula #earthquakes
High school students from Sendai, a city hit by a massive tsunami in 2011, spoke at the U.N. headquarters in New York about the importance of disaster prevention education. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/06/japan/students-sendai-un-headquarters/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sendai #earthquakes #un #miyagi #311 #highschools #newyork
Survivors of a powerful earthquake that turned homes in Afghanistan into rubble are now wondering where they can they find shelter from pouring rain and the coming winter cold. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/05/world/afghanistan-earthquakes-winter/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #afghanistan #earthquakes
A Fukushima town eased entry restrictions Tuesday in some areas within the so-called difficult-to-return zone, which was heavily contaminated due to the 2011 nuclear accident. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/04/japan/fukushima-futaba-restrictions-ease/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #tepco #311 #earthquakes
A strong earthquake killed at least nine people in northern Afghanistan, authorities said on Monday, just months after another deadly tremor left the country reeling. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/03/world/northern-afghanistan-strong-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #afghanistan #earthquakes #disasters
Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings began the fifth round of the fiscal 2025 release of treated water from its Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture into the ocean. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/30/japan/fukushima-water-discharge-fifth/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #fukushima #tepco #nuclearenergy #earthquakes
A strong earthquake hit eastern areas of Hokkaido Prefecture in the early hours of Saturday, with authorities warning that more could be in story for Japan's northernmost prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/25/japan/hokkaido-earthquake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #earthquakes
In disaster-prone Japan, Lawson is planning to prepare 100 stores nationwide that could serve as relief centers in the event of a calamity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/companies/lawson-disaster-relief-convenience-store/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lawson #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness
A band of unusually hard rock, formed from magma about 15 million years ago, near the epicenter of the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake likely worsened the disaster, researchers have said in a newly published paper. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/16/japan/science-health/noto-quake-underground-magma/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #earthquakes #tohokuuniversity
Part of human remains discovered in Miyagi Prefecture in 2023 was that of a 6-year-old girl who went missing in the March 2011 tsunami following the Great East Japan Earthquake. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/japan/remains-2011-tsunami-identified/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #311 #earthquakes #tsunami #miyagi #iwate #greateastjapanearthquake
The Philippine seismology office issued a tsunami warning on Friday after a 7.4 magnitude quake struck off the major southern island of Mindanao. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/10/asia-pacific/philippines-quake-tsunami-warning/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #earthquakes #disasters