Japan marks 15 years since tsunami disaster as Takaichi pushes more nuclear energy use

Japan is marking the 15th anniversary of the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster on its northeastern coast as the ...

Looking back at Japan’s historic tsunami disaster 15 years later

Fifteen years ago, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — ...

Fukushima and Tohoku reflect on recovery 15 years after nuclear plant disaster

On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a tsunami that devastated coastal communities in Tohoku and caused the Fukushima nuclear plant disaster. Fifteen ...

Japan still haunted: 80% fear another disaster 15 years after the deadly 2011 earthquake

More than a decade after one of the worst natural disasters of our time, people in Japan are still living under the threat of ...
The Japan Times

Over 80% in Japan believe a major disaster is coming in the near future

More than 80% of people in Japan believe a disaster on the scale of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake could occur in the ...

'Life is a miracle,' but learning from disasters isn't: Lessons from Japan's 2011 earthquake and tsunami

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...
The Christian Science Monitor

15 years after Fukushima disaster, Japan is warming up to nuclear power

After Fukushima, Japan shut down its nuclear reactors. Now, the country is returning to nuclear energy, seen as a reliable ...

'Karuta' card game in easy Japanese seeks inclusive approach to disaster preparedness

TSUKUBA, Ibaraki -- "'Muryou' means free of charge." This phrase, written in simple Japanese, appears on a card in a Japanese ...

790,000 mementos from 2011 Japan disaster still stored in hard-hit areas

Some 790,000 items discovered in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan in March 2011 r ...
Agencia EFE

Fukushima disaster still shadows Japan’s nuclear revival 15 years later

Fifteen years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the catastrophe’s lasting scars continue to shape Japan’s debate over nuclear energy, as the government cautiously moves to restart reactors amid ...

15 years after Fukushima disaster, Japan struggles with rising maintenance costs

The costs of maintaining public housing for disaster victims and sea walls in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima total over US$923.7 ...