Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), the operator of Japan’s stricken Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, said Tuesday it plans to ask the country’s nuclear watch group for permission to restart two of its offline nuclear reactors at a different location. All but two of Japan’s 50 nuclear reactors are offline in the wake of the … Read more
We already know that megaquakes can level cities and launch tsunamis, but they’ve now been implicated in the sinking of volcanoes in Chile and Japan as well. Play Video Two teams of scientists working independently on volcanoes in Japan and Chile discovered that after mega earthquakes in 2011 and 2010, some nearby volcanoes dropped as … Read more
Stung by reports that trillions of yen that were earmarked to assist the people of Tohoku to rebuild their lives and communities in the aftermath of the most destructive natural disaster to strike this country in living memory, the Japanese government has announced that it plans to ask local authorities and related organizations to stop … Read more
Everyone’s talking about the Japanese economy and Abenomics, but what’s happening in Tohoku two-plus years after a tsunami, on the heels of the most powerful earthquake in the country’s history, took the lives of some 16,000 people and destroyed almost 300,000 houses? If you visit the northeastern region of Japan’s main island today, you will … Read more
Studies show that the Tokyo metropolis has an increasing earthquake frequency after the disasters that hit Japan in March 2011. The group of researchers, headed by professor Shinji Toda of the Tohoku University, found that Tokyo recorded an earthquake frequency with at least a magnitude of 3. It was higher than the recorded findings prior … Read more
From the Fukushima tsunami disaster to the Deep Water Horizon oil spill, environmental disasters exact all-too-memorable damage to coastal communities. Imagine if it was possible to predict the exact place a blob of spilled oil or dangerous tsunami debris would hit a coastline two days ahead of time. Imagine if we could pinpoint where the … Read more
Foreign Volunteers Japan co-founder, British citizen, long-term and well-known Tokyo resident Garin Dart, has been missing since last Wednesday (May 22) at 13:00. Anyone who knows Garin – either as a friend or businessperson – will appreciate that this is really out of character. Garin runs a highly successful events company, Bluesilver, and has a … Read more
GENEVA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Since a devastating earthquake and tsunami hit Hiroto’s home city of Ishinomaki in northeastern Japan in March 2011, the 17-year-old has been busy. He has worked with charity Save the Children to set up a “community building” club for kids, whose members have designed plans for a new leisure centre. … Read more
Natural parks in the Pacific coastal area of the Tohoku region that were devastated by the 3/11 massive earthquake and tsunami will be reorganized into a new, large national park. As a first step, two such parks were designated as the Sanriku Restoration National Park on May 24. Inauguration ceremonies were held in Hachinohe, Aomori … Read more
On May 17, the Republic of Fiji appointed Takayuki Moriya Fiji’s honorary consul general in Sendai in the Tohoku region for his contributions to amicable bilateral relations. Moriya is the president of recycled car parts dealer Mitsumori Corp., which is based in Sendai. Fiji’s Ambassador Isikeli Mataitoga handed Moriya the Consular Commission, signed by Fiji’s … Read more