During the Great East Japan Earthquake, the tsunami reached shore ... Takashi Sugiyama, an associate professor of disaster psychology at Kyushu University, warns that many municipalities lack ...
The government has compiled a policy to make full use of nuclear power — a major shift from its stance of reducing the ...
As reasons for the about-face, the government cited the need to ensure stable electricity supplies and secure carbon-free energy sources ...
The Nankai Trough stretches from Shizuoka Prefecture to off the coast of Kyushu ... after the magnitude-7.6 earthquake “has never been observed before in Japan.” (This article was written ...
This is the fifth installment of a series that follows the waves of change taking place in Kyushu and nearby Yamaguchi and ...
The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 ... Prefecture and upper 5 in parts of Tokyo to a barely perceptible 1 in Kyushu. There have been only five occasions when a level 7 was recorded ...
Over 700 letters from Japanese students expressing appreciation for U.S. assistance for the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake are ...
As Japan's major tourist destinations like Tokyo and Kyoto grapple with overtourism, travellers seeking authentic experiences without the crowds are turning their attention to Kyushu. This ...
On March 11, people in places across Japan paused to offer silent prayers for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...
Ceremonies attended by bereaved relatives were held here and other areas to mark exactly 14 years since the tragedies of the ...
However, life is not yet back to normal for nearly 1,200 residents of the northeastern coastal city of Japan, who have been ... to settle in Akasaki after the earthquake and tsunami that ...