Japan's Hokuriku region suffering through sunless winter, weeks of daily snow and rain
The sun doesn't come out much during the winter in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, the trio making up the Hokuriku ...
'Japan's Warren Buffett' who survived 1995 Kobe quake still day trading at 88
A now 88-year-old man who narrowly survived the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that devastated this west Japan city still ...
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Push for multilingual information post-Hanshin quake is yet to stick
Non-Japanese speakers were excluded from access to disaster information after the Great Hanshin Earthquake struck 30 years ...
Japan Faces Likely Devastating 'Megaquake' in Next 30 Years, Say Experts
A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.
Kobe, other western Japan cities, still repaying debts from 1995 quake
Friday will mark 30 years since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake struck western Japan. Local governments in the region, including Kobe City, are still under a heavy financial burden from the quake ...
Convenience store operators in Japan assess possible impacts from mega quake
A survey by a Japanese convenience store industry group shows that in the event of a mega quake, it would be difficult for ...
Fact Check: Video shows Japan 2024 earthquake, not Tibet in 2025
Dashcam footage of the earthquake in Japan on New Year’s Day 2024 has been mislabeled online as showing the magnitude 6.8 ...
Japan panel says ‘mega quake’ probability up to 82%
Such a jolt could potentially have a devastating 8-9 magnitude and trigger colossal tsunamis. Read more at straitstimes.com.