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
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
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
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
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
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
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