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Kujiura oil tank to be kept as a memorial

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:38:44 +0100

An oil tank which was swept away by the tsunami is being kept by its owner, a fish processing firm in Ishinomaki City, as a memorial.

11 months since the Great East Japan Earthquake

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:33:35 +0100

Saturday in Japan marked the 11th month since the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami struck the Tohoku region last March.

17th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:14:09 +0100

January 17th marked the 17th anniversary of the great earthquake that hit the port city of Kobe in Hyogo Prefecture.

2012 kicks off with a bang

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0100

The New Years in Japan started off with a bang as a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck off the coast of Honshu near Torishima Island on Sunday afternoon at around 2:28PM (Japan local time).

Cherry trees planted to mark off areas inundated by the tsunami

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:37:02 +0100

People in northeastern Japan, including survivors of the March 11th tsunami, have begun planting cherry trees to mark the inundated areas as a warning to future generations.

8 months later

Tue, 15 Nov 2011 04:26:46 +0100

Eight months have past since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

Setagaya radiation turns out to be radium

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:05:25 +0100

Officials have discovered that the high level of radiation detected in a residential area of Setagaya (http://www.nippon-sekai.com/main/articles/fukushima-daiichi-nuclear-power-plant-crisis/radiation-hotspot-detected-in-tokyo-residential-area/) in Tokyo is likely to have come from radium 226, and has nothing to do with the nuclear disaster in Fukushima.

iPhone 4S goes on sale

Sat, 15 Oct 2011 05:51:29 +0100

Apple's iPhone 4S hit the shelves first in many Asian countries including Japan, a full 24 hours (Friday, local time in these countries) before also going on sale in the U.S.and other countries on Friday.

Yokohama City tests soil for strontium

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 16:09:22 +0100

Yokohama City officials are testing soil for radioactive strontium-90 following a report from a local resident in September that the substance had been detected in sediment on the roof of an apartment building.

Radiation hotspot detected in Tokyo residential area

Thu, 13 Oct 2011 15:47:14 +0100

Officials said that a sidewalk in Setagaya ward, in the western part of Tokyo, has shown a radiation level of 2.707 microsieverts per hour, much higher than other areas in the same ward.

Apple Ginza staff observes a moment of silence in memory of Steve Jobs

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:57:47 +0100

Employees of Apple's Ginza store in Tokyo observed a moment of silence before opening the doors to customers on Thursday, after learning the company’s founder and visionary Steve Jobs had passed away.

KDDI will sell Apple's iPhone 4S

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 20:05:30 +0100

Softbank's exclusive lock on the iPhone has come to an end in Japan as KDDI will begin selling the new iPhone 4S on October 14.

NHK Special - Mega Tsunami - Hidden Perils

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:50:33 +0100

Six months after the Great East Japan Earthquake, one of the unseen perils (the fires which broke out) resulting from the tsunami is highlighted.

NHK Special - Triple Quake Scenario - Bracing for the Next Tsunami

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:32:27 +0100

Researchers predict what could potentially occur in the event of a triple earthquake scenario striking a region stretching from Kyushu to Kanto.

Rain from typhoon floods JR Kozoji Station

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 06:45:11 +0100

Following images show flooding (as a result of Typhoon Roke) of JR Kozoji Station (JR Central Japan) in Aichi Prefecture.

M5.3 quake shakes Ibaraki

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:08:58 +0100

A strong magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook Ibaraki Prefecture at 10:30PM as Typhoon Roke cut its way across the Kanto region into northeastern Japan.

Umbrella versus Typhoon no. 15

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:45:42 +0100

During every typhoon, Japanese citizens take it upon themselves to challenge the winds from these storms with their trusty umbrellas to see which one will emerge victorious. In most cases, the umbrella loses… and very badly.

Typhoon makes landfall in central Japan

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:20:52 +0100

Typhoon Roke made landfall near Hamamatsu in Shizuoka Prefecture, shortly after 2PM Wednesday (local time) and is expected to move toward Japan’s tsunami-ravaged northeastern coast.

NHK Special - Fukushima, record of a contaminated village

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:58:11 +0100

Back in July, NHK aired this documentary about the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture.

Typhoon Roke nears Japan

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:41:08 +0100

Typhoon 18W, also known as Roke (international designation 1115) is an active tropical cyclone that is bearing down on the Japan archipelago.

Researchers say meltdown could have been avoided

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:13:01 +0100

A group of researchers says the meltdown of a reactor at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant could have been avoided if water injection had been carried out 4 hours earlier than it was.

Fukushima evacuees make brief visit home

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:09:20 +0100

Some evacuees from the no-entry zone around the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant have been allowed to briefly visit their homes in private vehicles.

Cesium detected in 4% of rice tested

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:04:09 +0100

Radioactive tests on rice have been completed in more than half of the Tohoku and Kanto regions, and radioactive cesium has been detected in 4 percent of the samples.

Cesium detected in industrial waste

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 05:00:48 +0100

Industrial waste at 6 incineration facilities has been found to contain radioactive cesium at levels that exceed the government-set limit for disposal.

New home-use fuel cell can supply 70% of demand

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 04:57:18 +0100

A major Japanese oil wholesaler says it has developed a fuel cell system that is able to supply 70 percent of a household's daily electricity needs.