Tokyo officials and others have been hurrying to prepare for the next major disaster by setting up “temporary stay facilities” where stranded people can take shelter. One hundred and one years ...
TOKYO -- A majority of the wards in Tokyo do ... underscoring the urgent need to create such plans to prevent chaos should a disaster strike. The findings come at a time when international tourism ...
Earlier this year, the Nikkei MJ's parent organization, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, conducted a survey of local governments to determine what measures, if any, had been put in place to assist foreign ...
The Japanese government said Friday it will aim to decide by next spring on a plan for how to recycle or dispose of soil in ...
The imperial couple are concerned about those living on the Noto Peninsula hit by the two disasters, aides have said.
TOKYO – About 4,000 potential sites for temporary housing for disaster survivors are located in flood-prone areas, according to a survey by Japanese media outlet, Yomiuri Shimbun. In the quake ...
TOKYO: Japan is decidedly embracing nuclear energy again, 13 years after it was jolted out of what it has come to refer to as ...
creative culture that bounced back from war and natural disaster. Pedestrians, shoppers, and people-watchers stroll on Chuo-dori in Ginza, one of Tokyo’s busiest destinations. Cars travel on the ...
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide. It’s recommended that you download it and read it right now (or even better, after you read it, print it out and ...
A city north of Tokyo has begun a trial to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, using a device that generates drinking water from ...
When Lila and Dazzler blow off some steam in the streets Tokyo, disaster strikes. Will this be the last stop for the world tour – and their lives?! Ah, the sweet symphony of chaos! It seems ...
Japan wants renewables to be its top power source by 2040 in its push to become carbon neutral by mid-century, under ...