Tokyo Leading the Way in Weather and Disaster Resilience
Tokyo is no stranger to heat and other extreme weather, as well as being one of the world’s…
Typhoon Dolphin hits Japan’s Okinawa, China shuts ports ahead of landfall, Asia News
TOKYO/BEIJING – Typhoon Dolphin lashed Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture on Saturday (Aug 8), injuring five people and cutting…
28 dead in Japan’s Kumamoto after earthquake
AEON Mall, which was damaged by an explosion following an earthquake, is seen in Kashima, Kumamoto prefecture, southern…
Tokyo reports most heat-related hospitalizations since 2010, one dead
TOKYO — Tokyo recorded on Wednesday the most daily heat-related hospitalizations since 2010, emergency services said as Japan…
Major Earthquakes in Japan Since 2011
Japan Data Society Disaster Jun 27, 2026 Over the years since the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan…
Fukushima’s corporate comeback 15 years after Japan’s worst disaster
On a small coastal plot in the town of Futaba, located in northeastern Japan’s Fukushima prefecture, an…
One dead, 9 missing as Washington chemical implosion proves worse than previously thought
One person is confirmed dead and nine others are unaccounted for after a Washington state chemical implosion that…
Tension and Change in Disaster Recovery on the Noto Peninsula
このページを 日本語 で読む JAPAN Forward launched its “Ignite” series of essays in English to directly share Japanese students‘…
Made in Japan? Deconstructing the cultural narratives of nuclear catastrophe
The last two months have seen the anniversaries of the two worst civilian nuclear catastrophes in history. Indeed,…
Earthquake Advisory: Seismic Activity Increases off Northern Japan
Japan Data Society Disaster Apr 23, 2026 A second earthquake advisory for northern Japan’s Pacific coast in less…
Earthquake Advisory: Seismic Activity Increases off Northern Japan
Japan Data Society Disaster Apr 23, 2026 A second earthquake advisory for northern Japan’s Pacific coast in less…