More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation ...
TOKYO, Jan 18 (Bernama-Kyodo) -- More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation following earthquakes and other ... while the ...
TOKYO — Dozens of people soaked and splashed themselves in painfully icy cold water on Saturday in a pool at a Tokyo shrine, adhering to Japanese tradition to purify the soul and pray for good ...
The western Japan city of Kobe ... shelters after the earthquake, and criticism of the government's initially slow response has spurred efforts to strengthen crisis management over the years. People ...
The western Japan city of Kobe observed 30 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake devastated it and other parts of Hyogo Prefecture, with ceremonies including early-morning prayers and ...
Japan’s space agency has signed an agreement with Kumamoto Prefecture to advance the practical application of a programme that estimates earthquake-induced building damage using satellite imagery, ...
The probability of a “megaquake” happening in Japan ... a major earthquake along the Nankai Trough. One year has passed since the 1 January earthquake on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa ...
KOBE (Kyodo) -- The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby ... every 10 years since the quake. In Photos: Kobe immediately after 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake and now ...
(Mainichi/Yoko Kunimoto) The sun doesn't come out much during the winter in Fukui, Ishikawa and Toyama prefectures, the trio making up the Hokuriku region along the Sea of Japan. However ...
The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake took place on January 17, 1995, devastating Kobe and the surrounding area. Ahead of its thirtieth anniversary, the Japanese Red Cross Society surveyed 1,200 ...
People in Japan are marking the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake that claimed the lives of more than 6,400 people. The magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck before dawn on January ...