In the wake of the Tohoku earthquake, Richard Halberstadt chose to stay in Ishinomaki. Today, he continues to share the city's story of survival and hope.
January 24 — Mori Building announced the opening of the Toranomon Hills Station Tower, the fourth tower of the Toranomon Hills area project, this autumn 2023.
Tens of thousands of people in at least nine prefectures were asked to evacuate due to threat of flooding, mudslides and infrastructure damage.
For the first time, Japan’s earthquake also took a long-term look at risks from active faults below the seabed in the southwestern part of the Sea...
Veterans who were repatriated after the war couldn't have imagined that their country would have become so peaceful and prosperous, or its Self-Defense Force so widely...
The Japanese Prime Minister’s message was delivered in traditional and simplified Chinese to reach the people of China, as well as Taiwan and Hong Kong, where...
Anniversaries of disasters are important days for us to face the memories that had been sealed away, so that life-saving lessons will continue to be remembered.
Many died in the 1993 Okushiri earthquake, but some saved themselves by evacuating immediately, following lessons learned from the Sea of Japan earthquake ten years earlier.
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At Mori Building’s new project, Japanese pygmy woodpeckers, along with lizards, insects, plants and other animals are an integral part of the ecosystem in this new...
The full length of the Japanese archipelago is now in a phase of active seismic activity, elevating the need for emergency planning — now, not later.
With her novel Higanbana ga Saku Shima (“Island Where the Autumn Equinox Flowers Bloom”), Li Kotomi is the first person since 2008 whose first language is...
