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Jan 1, 2024 · Here's a round up of what we know: A 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on 1 January just after 16:00 local time. The number of people killed from the quake currently stands at 48. Homes and ...
Jan 19, 2022 · Quake seismographs show picture of people's movements in Japan during pandemic - The Mainichi. January 19, 2022 (Mainichi Japan) Japanese version. In this April 21, 2020, file photo, the...
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- An aerial view shows collapsed houses, cars, and roads caused by an earthquake in Kanazawa, Ishikawa prefecture, Japan, on January 2, 2024. #
- An aerial view shows a fire site after the earthquake hit, in a residential area in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture, on January 1, 2024. #
- Shoppers crouch down as the earthquake hits, in a supermarket in Toyama, Japan, on January 1, 2024. #
- A resident walks past a house that collapsed as a result of the earthquake, in Nanao, Ishikawa prefecture, on January 2, 2024. #
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On March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan (and fourth in the world) struck off the coast of the country. It caused a tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people, devastated communities along 500km of coastline and led to a nuclear meltdownat the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. Japan has an extensive history and experie...
The shaking itself was scary, lasting six minutes that seemed like an eternity, but that was nothing compared to what was coming. In some places, the first tsunami wave arrived within 30 minutes. A tsunami is more like a moving wall of water than a wave in the ocean. Once the tsunami overtops levees or sea walls, water rises quickly in the streets ...
Although 3/11 was unprecedented, the Japanese government drew from past disasters and existing legal frameworks to develop a standardised menu of funded programmes to rebuild destroyed communities. In the name of building back safer, massive infrastructurehas drastically altered the landscape. Sea walls have been built, land raised and mountains cu...
Both the nuclear accident and the pandemic were unpredicted and “unknowable” disasters, especially in the early days of each crisis. We grew to understand more over time. In the days after the tsunami, the world wondered what was happening inside the Fukushima nuclear power plant – efforts to cover up the fact it was actually a nuclear meltdown wer...
The shadow of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was already present after the nuclear accident, when in 2013 the prime minister assured the world that Japan was safe while securing Tokyo’s bid to host the games. Only days later it was revealed that massive amounts of radioactive groundwater had been leaking into the sea. Downplaying risks to create an image ...
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Jan 9, 2024 · The death toll from Japan’s New Year’s Day earthquake has jumped to 161 with more than 100 people still missing, and snow complicating relief efforts.
Jan 2, 2024 · Rescue efforts continue in Japan after at least 64 people were killed in a powerful earthquake that hit the country on New Year's Day. Homes collapsed, buildings caught fire and roads were ...
