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
Residents of the Tokara Islands in the village of Toshima, Kagoshima Prefecture, have begun evacuation after a powerful magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck the region on Thursday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/04/japan/tokara-islands-residents-evacuate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokaraislands #earthquakes #kagoshima
An earthquake with a seismic intensity of lower 6 on Japan's scale struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, amid a swarm of seismic activity in the area in recent weeks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/japan/tokara-islands-shindo-6-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #kagoshima #tokaraislands
Once the darling of Japanese stock investors, department stores have lagged the recent broad market rally and could fall further behind as a strong yen dents tourist spending power. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/07/03/economy/department-stores-shares-lag/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #departmentstores #japaneseeconomy #tourism #shopping #retailers #shopping #earthquakes #taxes
Concerns are rising after more than 900 earthquakes have shaken the Tokara islands for almost two weeks, with the strongest reaching a lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/society/japan-earthquakes-tokara/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #kagoshima
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/07/02/japan/prophesied-disaster-likely-wont-strike-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #fukushima #311 #fukushimano1 #tsunami #earthquakes #manga
In the first update to a disaster-prevention basic plan since it was created in 2014, the government adopted a 10-year plan to reduce the death toll resulting from a Nankai Trough megaquake by 80%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/nankai-quake-deaths-reduction-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #tsunami #disasterpreparedness #nankaitrough
The Asaichi-dori morning market street in the city of Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, registered the largest year-on-year drop among the 2025 highest roadside land prices surveyed by tax offices across the nation. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/noto-roadside-land-price/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ishikawa #earthquakes #realestate #economicindicators #notopeninsula
Prices of land facing major roads in Japan as of Jan. 1 rose 2.7% from a year before on average, up for the fourth consecutive year, the National Tax Agency said Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/roadside-land-value/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #tokyo #ginza #ishikawa #tourism #earthquakes
A nursing home worker who lost 10 members of his family in the New Year’s Day earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula last year is now sharing his story in hopes the tragedy is not forgotten. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/society/noto-earthquake-survivor-story/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula
Elderly residents in the Noto Peninsula affected by the New Year’s Day earthquake last year are seeing their medical expenses rise to as much as 1.3 times of what they cost before the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/japan-noto-quake-elderly-medical-costs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #ishikawaearthquake #notopeninsula #elderly #health
The Environment Ministry is considering setting up a special institution to facilitate local government work to handle waste left by a big natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/japan/politics/disaster-waste-management-body/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #waste
Marine active faults off Japan's Kinki western region and Hokuriku central region are projected to trigger a large earthquake at a probability of 16% to 18% within the next 30 years, according to a government panel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/28/japan/science-health/central-japan-earthquake-projections/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #earthquakes #ishikawa #notoearthquake
A series of earthquakes has been shaking the seas near the Tokara islands in Kagoshima Prefecture since Saturday, with Japan’s Meteorological Agency warning that seismic activity could continue for some time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/japan/science-health/tokara-earthquakes/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #earthquakes #kagoshima