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The International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, the City of Kawasaki, and Fujitsu Limited have today announced that they [...]

Byline: Seth Robson and Hana Kusumoto Heavy rain in southern Japan on Monday prompted landslide and flood warnings from Japanese officials and early closures at Sasebo Naval Base. Flooding was [...]

In a message on Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Seyyed Abbas Mousavi expressed deep regret over the loss of lives and damages caused by severe flood in Japan, and sympathized [...]

Residents of a Japanese town that was subjected to evacuation orders following the Fukushima nuclear disaster have been allowed to return as officials partially lifted the entry ban. Futaba, located [...]

Byline: Justin McCurry in Tokyo Hundreds of American passengers onboard a cruise liner quarantined in Japan due to the coronavirus outbreak will be flown home on chartered aircraft, the US [...]

2020 OCT 12 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Bioterrorism Week -- A new study on post-traumatic stress disorders is now available. According to news reporting out [...]

TOKYO, September 6, 2020 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Typhoon Haishen continued on its path toward southwestern Japan on Sunday, as 1.8 million people in seven prefectures have been ordered to [...]

Evacuation centers in cities face significant crowding in the event of a natural disaster, and ensuring the safety of evacuees amidst the COVID-19 pandemic presents unprecedented challenges Fujitsu will conduct [...]

Tokyo, Japan: Fujitsu Ltd has issued the following press release: The International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Earthquake Research Institute at the University of Tokyo, the City [...]

2020 AUG 3 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Bioterrorism Week -- A new study on Disaster Preparedness - Public Health Preparedness and Disaster Response is now [...]

2020 AUG 3 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Bioterrorism Week -- Current study results on Disaster Risk Reduction have been published. According to news reporting out [...]

TOKYO -- The following information was released by the office of the Prime Minister of Japan: On July 13, 2020, the Prime Minister held the seventh meeting of the Emergency [...]

TOKYO, July 8, 2020 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Downpours continued to inundate wide swathes of southwest and central Japan on Wednesday leading to the weather agency here issuing its highest [...]

TOKYO -- The following information was released by the office of the Prime Minister of Japan: On July 6, 2020, the Prime Minister held the second meeting of the Emergency [...]

Civilians stream through the gates into view of Department of State personnel and military service members welcoming them with clear directions. A military working dog sniffs for hazardous materials, and [...]

The US Embassy in Japan announced that Americans aboard the Diamond Princess-- a luxury cruise ship quarantined off the coast of Japan after a coronavirus outbreak on board -- will [...]

Byline: Simon Denyer YOKOHAMA, Japan -- The U.S. government will evacuate American passengers from the stricken cruise liner the Diamond Princess, it told passengers on Saturday, but will then hold [...]

Byline: DANIELLE HAYNES Americans quarantined on board a cruise ship at a Japanese port will be evacuated to the United States this weekend, the U.S. State Department said. Officials said [...]

Byline: Aya Ichihashi CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa - The Marine Corps has ordered over 100 buildings, including six housing towers, on Camp Kinser emptied for four hours Sunday to accommodate the [...]

Byline: Marcus Hughes Japan is bracing itself as Typhoon Hagibis makes landfall west of Tokyo. The storm, thought to be the most powerful to hit the country in 60 years, [...]

Byline: By, Neil Murphy Super Typhoon Hagibis killed one person and injured 60 people after making landfall in Japan today , as seven million residents were urged to evacuate their [...]

Byline: Gavin Blair in Tokyo and Jamie Doward Evacuation orders were issued to more than 800,000 households in Tokyo on Saturday as super-typhoon Hagibis threatened power cuts and widespread flooding. [...]

Byline: By, Tom Parry For the last eight years, only animals have wandered in the silent ghost towns near the Fukushima nuclear power site as nature reclaimed empty buildings. Family [...]

Authorities warned the total rainfall in some areas could surpass 1,000 mm (39 inches) in 24 hours to Friday morning and advised some 584,100 people to evacuate as some rivers [...]

One woman in Kagoshima prefecture, southern Kyushu, was killed by a landslide, while evacuation advisories were issued for 388,000 households, or 831,000 people, in Kagoshima and three other prefectures, public [...]

TOKYO 2020 insisted procedures would be in place to ensure the safety of spectators after a professor at Aichi Prefectural University raised concerns over a possible evacuation at the Olympic [...]

The government plans to lift the order for part of Okuma Town on April 10, cabinet office official Yohei Ogino told AFP. It will be the first time the government [...]

Byline: Justin McCurry in TokyoThe organisers of next year's Olympic Games in Tokyo have decided to cut the number of spectators for the sailing events by a third so they [...]

(GlobeNewswire) - Press Release Nokia joins Sendai City in worlds first test of private wireless connected drones for tsunami evacuation alerts Nokia and Sendai City demonstrate the effectiveness of drones [...]

Sendai City is the center of Tohoku Region, Japan, and lies northeast of Tokyo on Honshu Island, with a population of over 1 million. The coastal areas were devastated by [...]

(GLOBE NEWSWIRE via COMTEX) -- Press Release Nokia joins Sendai City in world's first test of private wireless connected drones for tsunami evacuation alerts - Nokia and Sendai City demonstrate [...]

GENEVA, Switzerland -- The following information was released by United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UNISDR): SENDAI, 5 November, 2019 - Tsunami warning sirens sounded across the Sendai coastal [...]

One of the most powerful typhoons to ever hit Tokyo paralysed the Japanese capital on Saturday, leaving millions confined indoors and streets deserted as fierce rain and wind killed two, [...]

A Japanese court has cleared three senior executives of professional negligence in the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. The presiding judge, Kenichi Nagafuchi, ruled that the executives in question could not [...]

Byline: DARRYL COOTE A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted three former Tokyo Electric Power Co. executives on charges of professional negligence in connection to the 2011 Fukushima meltdown, ending the [...]

TOKYO, August 15, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Japan's weather agency said Typhoon Krosa made landfall near Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture at around 3:00 p.m. local time (0600 GMT) [...]

TOKYO, August 15, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- JapanaEUR(TM)s weather agency said Typhoon Krosa is expected to make landfall in western Japan on Thursday, bringing with it torrential rains, heavy [...]

Byline: Steven Clarke The southwestern Japan city specifically called on residents in areas close to cliffs, rivers and other unsafe areas to immediately flee to safer places, the Mainichi Shimbun [...]

Byline: DARRYL COOTE Residents of southwestern Japanese cities Kagoshima, Kirishima and Aira have been ordered to evacuate, warning of life-threatening landslides caused by torrential rains, the cities said Wednesday. The [...]

TOKYO, July 3, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Around 600,000 people have been ordered to evacuate in the city of Kagoshima in Japan's southwest, public broadcaster NHK said here Wednesday. [...]

TOKYO, July 3, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Around 6,000 people have been ordered to evacuate in the city of Kagoshima in Japan's southwest, public broadcaster NHK said here Wednesday. [...]

TOKYO, July 3, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Around 6,000 people have been ordered to evacuate in the city of Kagoshima in Japan's southwest, public broadcaster NHK said on Wednesday. [...]

July 3, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- FLASH: 6,000 people ordered to evacuate in SW Japan due to torrential rain: NHK Copyright 2019 XINHUA NEWS [...]

TOKYO, July 2, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Torrential rain continuing to pound regions in Japan's southwest has prompted the weather agency here to urge people to evacuate to safety. [...]

TOKYO, July 2, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Japan's main southwestern island of Kyushu, along with neighboring regions are being hit by torrential rains, the weather agency here said Tuesday, [...]

TOKYO, July 1, 2019 (Xinhua via COMTEX) -- Japanese meteorological authorities issued evacuation orders and advisories to around 1.2 million people in southwestern Kyushu region on Monday, warning that heavy [...]