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A new program that teaches how to prepare for natural disasters in “easy Japanese” has been created for foreign residents, many of whom are inexperienced in those disasters.
An Underground Mega-Project. Beneath the suburbs of Tokyo lies a colossal hidden world that looks more like a temple of an ancient civilization than an engineering structure. At a depth of 50 meters, ...
Thirty years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake devastated Kobe and wide areas around the port city.
With most countries having some sort of system to warn citizens about the safety or danger of traveling to foreign nations, the one that is most commonly used ranks locations according to four tiers.
A decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country ...
Over the past few weeks, a once-obscure manga has been making headlines in Japan and overseas. In “The Future I Saw” (Watashi ga Mita Mirai), author Ryo Tatsuki claims that Japan will be hit by a ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's household spending likely increased in October, bouncing back from declines caused by natural disasters, a Reuters poll showed on Friday, offering hope consumer spending is ...
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's export growth was seen slowing in September after a series of natural disasters disrupted business activity, a Reuters poll found on Friday, but the setback was seen as ...
Summer is one of the busiest travel times of the year, but some people who have upcoming itineraries in Japan may be rethinking their plans. The reason: a Japanese comic book, or manga, that warns of ...