Japan’s plan calls for bringing the concentration of tritium to less than 1/40th the national standard. Yet, China and South Korea, which both release high quantities,...
The Tokyo Olympics Torch Relay demonstrates to the world Japan’s unwavering determination to host the Olympic Games, even in the midst of the COVID-19 epidemic.
"The torch of Tokyo 2020 will become a bright light for hope for Japanese citizens and citizens in the world and a light at the end...
There are various things we can do to support disastered areas prefectures, but what we must do is to remember the voice of the children.
The energy and resolve to carry this out will become a source of power to the nation, given that natural disasters that will continue to hit...
"The decision regarding allowing spectators from overseas to attend the [Tokyo] Games will be made by the end of March," read part of a statement issued...
There’s a 90% chance of an M7 class quake off the Miyagi area within 30 years, and a high 70% chance of one on the subduction...
“When I saw the effects of the disaster, I thought that life here would be irrevocably changed,” she recalls, “but the people here refused to give...
The 2020 Games will be the "Reconstruction Olympics and Paralympics," and organizers and JOC officials have repeated that message since the IOC awarded the Games to...
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...
Renowned architects Stefano Boeri and Sou Fujimoto say the pandemic and climate change should make us rethink how we utilize urban spaces.
"It is considered to be the aftershock of the huge earthquake that caused the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011", said Noriko Kamaya, the Earthquake Information...