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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 21 hours ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 days ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Lawson looks to create network of 'disaster relief convenience stores'

It hopes to upgrade 100 stores nationwide so that they are able to serve as key community hubs in the event of a calamity.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

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

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Ancient magma may have supercharged Noto quake, Japan researchers say

The findings help explain why a series of small earthquakes over a period of about three years suddenly culminated in the magnitude 7.6 Noto Peninsula quake in January 2024.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

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

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

In front of Juvy Ytang lay 11 caskets— all victims of a landslide triggered by a powerful 6.9 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday in the central Philippines. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/asia-pacific/philippines-earthquake-daughter-mourn/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #earthquakes

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'It was love' — Philippine family mourns daughter who died saving kin in quake

Lady Jane, 17, died saving her family, one of at least 72 people killed in the quake that struck off the island of Cebu.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Hopes are dimming for parents of students still unaccounted for after their Islamic boarding school in Indonesia collapsed on Monday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/03/asia-pacific/indonesia-school-collapse-hopes-dim/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #schools #earthquakes #children

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

Rescuers have pulled five survivors from a collapsed school in Indonesia as frantic parents demand searchers speed up efforts to find dozens of children believed to still be trapped in the rubble after two days. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/02/asia-pacific/indonesia-school-collapse-rescue/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #indonesia #schools #children #earthquakes

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Five survivors pulled from collapsed school in Indonesia as rescuers race against time

Part of the multistory boarding school, in the town of Sidoarjo on the island of Java, gave way suddenly as students gathered for afternoon prayers.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake jolted the central Philippines, collapsing buildings and killing at least 20 people on the island of Cebu. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/01/asia-pacific/strong-quake-philippines-search/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #philippines #earthquakes

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

A Japanese research team says it has detected seafloor subsidence near the Nankai Trough for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/japan/seafloor-subsidence-detected-near-nankai-trough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #oceans

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Japanese team detects gradual seafloor caving near Nankai Trough

Long-term observations at multiple sites could aid in assessing the risk of major earthquakes and tsunamis.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Six Myanmar war widows speak softly of their grief as they walk inside the crumbling walls of Mandalay Palace, fresh arrivals in an earthquake-wracked city strained anew by conflict. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/asia-pacific/politics/myanmar-junta-election-offensive/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #asiapacific #politics #myanmar #earthquakes

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

A government panel now believes a megaquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% to 94.5% or higher within the next 30 years — a hike from a previously announced estimate of around 80%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/japan/japan-nankai-trough-megaquake-probability/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes

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Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake

A government panel has said that it now thinks a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% to 94.5% or higher within the next 30 years.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

There needs to be a backup capital in Japan that can take over Tokyo's functions in an emergency, Yoshimasa Hayashi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, said in a recent interview. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/japan/politics/hayashi-interview-tokyo-backup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshimasahayashi #ldp #tokyo #nipponishinnokai #osaka #taxes #inflation #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness

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LDP presidential candidate Hayashi sees need for backup of Tokyo

The idea has been championed by opposition Nippon Ishin no Kai, which is seeking to turn Osaka into a backup capital.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

A facility that has provided mental care for about 14 years to people affected by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami is set to finish its services. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/japan/miyagi-mental-center-close/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #miyagi #sendai #earthquakes #mentalhealth

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Research conducted last year by the Japanese research ship Chikyu has set a Guinness World Record for the deepest ocean drilling by a scientific vessel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/25/japan/guinness-deep-sea-drilling/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #guinnessworldrecords #earthquakes #oceans

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

Haruki Murakami’s world of quakes, cults and odd encounters resurfaces in Tsuyoshi Inoue’s feature “After the Quake.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2025/09/25/film/after-the-quake/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #culture #film #harukimurakami #afterthequake #311 #earthquakes #greathanshinearthquake #nhk #japanesefilm #literature

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The familiar is made surreal in ‘After the Quake’

Tsuyoshi Inoue’s feature reworks NHK’s four-part Haruki Murakami drama adaptation, evoking the dreamlike atmosphere of the author’s works.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

The population outflow in Ishikawa Prefecture's Okunoto region continues after an earthquake and torrential rains in 2024, with the population of those 39 or younger shrinking at twice the speed of those 40 and older. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/22/japan/japan-disaster-hit-noto-region-population-fall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawa #ishikawaearthquake #earthquakes #floods

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Under-40 population plummets in disaster-hit area in Ishikawa Prefecture

The Okunoto region in the Noto Peninsula marked on Sunday one year since it was battered by torrential rains as the area's population outflow continues.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

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

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Kansai Electric to complete survey for new nuclear reactor in 2030

A final decision on whether to build the new reactor will be made after a detailed survey to examine the impact of earthquakes.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last month

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

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‘There Was Such a Thing Before’: Fukushima grief and fury in monochrome

Eighteen years since his last feature, Yoshihiko Matsui is back with a somber Fukushima tale that demands attention, even as its drama feels stilted.
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