Young people come forward to pass on lessons of 2011 tsunami
Although only an infant at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Tomoya Onodera is among the young people ...
Resident shares 3.11 tsunami image to keep memory alive
As the massive tsunami surged over a 6.4-meter seawall, it swallowed the town below. Along the railway embankment, people ...
Japan's small island communities prepare to ride out disasters alone
SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural ...
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Japan Appoints First Chief of New Joint Operations Command
At a Cabinet meeting on March 11, the Japanese government appointed Lieutenant General Nagumo Kenichiro, vice chief of staff ...
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Feature: Japan's Small Island Communities Prepare To Ride Out Disasters Alone
File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake ...
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Japan's worst wildfire in half a century spreads
TOKYO: Firefighters were Tuesday (Mar 4) battling Japan's worst wildfire in half a century, which has left one dead and ...
Skating star Yuzuru Hanyu commemorates Great East Japan Earthquake in ice show
An ice show event hosted by professional figure skater and back-to-back Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu began in this ...
Albatross that ‘miraculously’ survived a tsunami has a new chick. See them together
A wild bird that “miraculously” survived a tsunami in the Pacific that’s estimated to have wiped out thousands of other ...
Scientists probe giant undersea landslides to learn about NZ’s big tsunami risk
A new international collaboration is surveying ancient landslide sites in two deep undersea canyons to better understand New ...
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Rain offers hope in Japan's worst wildfire in 50 years
Japan battled its worst wildfire in half a century Wednesday (Mar 5) in a region hit by record-low rainfall, as wet weather ...
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Albatross that ‘miraculously’ survived a tsunami has a new chick. See them together
Photo from Friends of Midway Atoll National ... which was the year an earthquake near Japan set off a devastating tsunami. Thousands of people were killed, according to the National Oceanic ...