Magnitude 6.8 quake jolts Japan off Fukushima, Tsunami advisory.

(Reuters) - A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan

off Fukushima prefecture on Friday and a 50 cm tsunami advisory was
issued for the coast of Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, the Japan
Meteorological Agency said.

The tsunami advisory was ( Read more... )

Japan prepares for the next Big One.

TOKYO - It sounds like a weather forecast - not for today, but for the next 30 years.

There is a 70 percent chance of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake between now and 2040 in the southern Kanto area around Tokyo, and a 90 percent chance in nearby Ibaraki, according to Japan’s Earthquake Research Promotion agency.

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Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake.

TOKYO (AFP) - Small tsunami waves reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan Sunday after a major quake hit the region heavily damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The port towns of Soma and Ofunato saw 10-centimetre (four-inch) tsunami ( Read more... )

Quake jolts northeast Japan, 50 cm tsunami warning issued...

A strong earthquake jolted northeastern Japan on Sunday, and workers at the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant were evacuated after an alert for a half-meter tsunami was issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The quake monitoring agency said the earthquake had a magnitude of 7 ( Read more... )

Quake tweets make their way into memorial books

By MAYU YOSHIDA
Kyodo

When the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck on March 11 and knocked out telephone lines across Tohoku, Twitter was flooded with messages as users tried to contact people in the disaster zone with words of both concern and encouragement.

Those words are now making ( Read more... )

Debris removal, recycling daunting, piecemeal labor

By SETSUKO KAMIYA
Staff writer

Removing and disposing of the debris generated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami are crucial parts of the recovery process as the people in the devastated region move forward with rebuilding their communities.


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Fukushima parks deserted, choking on rampant weeds Overgrown weeds are being left unchecked in parks in Fukushima as people increasingly avoid the facilities due to radiation fears caused by the ongoing nuclear crisis. After residents associations ordinarily entrusted with maintaining parks voiced fears about adverse effects of radioactive ( Read more... )

Residents' urine now radioactive Fukushima
More than 3 millisieverts of radiation has been measured in the urine of 15 Fukushima residents of the village of Iitate and the town of Kawamata, confirming internal radiation exposure, it was learned Sunday. Both are about 30 to 40 km from the Fukushima No. 1 power plant, which has been releasing ( Read more... )

BUSINESS

Jun 25 Internet marketplace giant Rakuten pulls out of Japan Business Fed.  
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Japan’s suicide rates soar by up to 39 per cent in areas hit by the earthquake...

The March 11 earthquake in Japan wreaked immediate devastation, but now there are concerns about the mental health of those that survived it, with suicide rates rapidly increasing in areas hit by the disaster.

One of the areas most affected by the 9.0-magnitude ( Read more... )