Ishinomaki’s losses reflect the greater Tohoku experience. The town which had a population of about 160,000 people in 2011, suffered 3,554 dead and 421 who are...
Here’s a checklist of information sources, essential items, safety gear that a person or family living in Japan should keep handy.
The February earthquake was a wakeup call for disaster prevention, including the social infrastructure to support the people in hard-hit areas.
Aftershocks as strong as magnitude 7 have hit the North East Japan region following the February 13 earthquake. The region is on alert as cleanup and...
Twenty-six years may have passed but we must remain aware that the Great Hanshin Earthquake still casts a shadow on society. Has Japanese society become more...
In July 2020, two momentous events converged to highlight the whaling history of the tiny coastal community of Ayukawa that sits on the southern tip...
Nine years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, 20 countries and regions out of the original 54 continue to restrict the import of Japanese food...
A poll conducted by The Sankei Shimbun disclosed on March 10 that about 80% of the heads of the cities, towns, and villages in the...
“Crisis management.” This phrase has been used frequently in Japan since the Great Hanshin and Awaji earthquake of January 17, 1995, and the Sarin Gas...
If Pope Francis’s visit to Nagasaki and Hiroshima touches on the theme of Japan’s past, his trip to Tokyo is about showing the way forward...
The government’s Earthquake Research Committee released a new long-term evaluation of the likelihood of future seismic activities in the Tohoku region of Japan, urging the...
Osaka Prefecture and AIG Insurance Company are disseminating a brochure titled “Earthquake Response Guide” written in English and other languages for foreigners living or...