As the "holy ground" of Japanese baseball, Koshien rallied the nation through national disasters and wars. Now it's taking on the next 100 years of challenges.
On the 39th anniversary, the people of Kobe sent the earthquake victims on the Noto Peninsula a message: "Let’s help each other, and ask others to...
Universities, and the national and local governments, must flexibly support students disrupted by the earthquakes who dream of going on to higher education.
Facing challenges from global warming, rising sea levels and natural disasters, experts consider life on water at the World Conference on Floating Solutions.
News footage from the earthquake disaster sites shows it is private organizations that are playing a prominent role in the rescue and recovery efforts.
The earthquake paralyzed the city. In the aftermath, it is estimated that 70% of those rescued from the ruins were saved by family members or neighbors.
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.
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...
First of Two Parts (Read Part Two here) The current fight against the novel coronavirus is only the latest in a series of...
“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...
It can safely be said that he has lived his pro baseball life to the fullest. At the news conference in Tokyo where he...
