Japan govt, Fukushima operator told to pay over nuclear disaster

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 08:52:00 +0100thehindu (en)

A Japan ese court on Wednesday awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. The Yokohama district court ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to pay 419.6 million yen ($3.8 million) to 152 local residents, a court spokeswoman told AFP.

Japan govt, Fukushima operator told to pay over nuclear disaster

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 06:35:00 +0100bssnews (en)

TOKYO, Feb 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – A Japan ese court Wednesday awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. The Yokohama district court ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to pay 419.6 million yen ($3.

Japan govt, Fukushima operator told to pay over nuclear disaster

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 06:01:00 +0100news-yahoo (en)

Tokyo (AFP) - A Japan ese court Wednesday awarded nearly $4 million in fresh damages to scores of residents forced to flee their homes after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown. The Yokohama district court ordered the government and Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) to pay 419.6 million yen ($3.

Supermoon 2019: Super Snow Moon triggers FLOOD ALERTS and EXTREME high tides

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 05:14:00 +0100express (en)

The Snow Moon’s gravitational pull can cause tides to be high when the Moon is full or new. The effect results in a Perigean spring tide. Experts have also linked supermoons to earthquakes. So far, flooding is expected in the north-west and north east England and Wales.

Japan announces $10.6m for vulnerable families in KP, Sindh & Balochistan

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 22:37:00 +0100pakobserver (en)

Zubair Qureshi. The government of Japan on Tuesday announced US$10.6 million to fight malnutrition, improve livelihoods and increase resilience to natural disasters in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Balochistan provinces of Pakistan. The announcement came at a formal signing ceremony that was....

Earthquakes Drag Masses of Carbon Into Earth's Trenches

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:09:00 +0100newsweek-USA (en)

Earthquakes can pull massive amounts of carbon into the deepest parts of Earth’s deep-sea trenches, scientists have discovered. After analyzing the offshore magnitude 9 earthquake that devastated Japan in 2011, a team of researchers found that this single event pulled over a million tons of carbon....

Japan saw record 3,451 rain- and quake-induced mudslides in 2018

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 06:49:00 +0100japantimes (en)

A record 3,451 mudslides occurred in 2018 due to torrential rains and earthquakes, according to land ministry data. The preliminary figure is the highest since comparable data became available in 1982 and more than three times higher than the annual average of 1,015 through 2017, the Land,....

Toshiba presenta robot para probar el combustible nuclear fundido de Fukushima

Tue, 19 Feb 2019 02:15:00 +0100panorama-ve (es)

Toshiba Corp. presentó el lunes un robot de control remoto con pinzas que espera poder probar el interior de uno de los tres reactores dañados en la planta nuclear de Fukushima en Japón, afectada por el tsunami, y agarrar trozos de alta Combustible radiactivo fundido.

Japan bolsters steps to aid non-Japanese in event of a quake

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 10:18:00 +0100japantimes (en)

Sample newspaper article. 国土交通省は29日、首都直下地震と南海トラフ巨大地震に備える対策計画を改定した。来年の東京五輪・パラリンピックで海外から多くの観客が来日すると見込まれるため、首都直下地震の計画には外国人保護策を盛り込んだ。広域的な被害が予想される南海トラフ巨大地震に関しては、物資輸送や復旧作業で関係業界との官民連携を強める方針を掲げた。 両地震の対策計画は2014年4月に策定し、今回が初の改定となる。石井啓一国交相は対策本部会議で「命と暮らしを守るため、総力を挙げて対策を強化してほしい」と職員に指示した。 (KYODO) Words and phrases.

Alejandra Blanco: una posadeña que por amor cruzó los mares

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 14:04:00 +0100primeraedicionweb (es)

Lejos de sus afectos y sin conocer el idioma, Alejandra Blanco dejó su Misiones natal para embarcarse tras el amor de su vida . Los primeros tiempos en Japón no fueron para nada fáciles pero gracias al acompañamiento y la comprensión de Ulises Akio Hayashi, quien luego se convertiría en su esposo, el desarraigo fue menos complicado.

Handcycling Across Japan for the Mental Health Care of the Surviving Children of Tohoku

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 12:41:00 +0100einnews (en)

Josh Shinton Charity Adventurer Nationwide Japan Hand-Cycling Challenge to Fundraise to Provide Mental Health Care for the Earthquake Tsunami Surviving Children. TOKYO, JAPAN, February 17, 2019 / EINPresswire.com / -- "Starting on March 11, charity adventurer Josh Stinton will start the long and....

Japón: el robot que fue al lugar que ningún humano pudo

Sun, 17 Feb 2019 08:40:00 +0100ElPaisUY (es)

La compañía de electricidad japonesa Tepco lanzó el pasado miércoles una operación inédita en la central nuclear de Fukushima -que fue arrasada por un terremoto y un tsunami en 2011-, enviando un robot a uno de los reactores para “tocar” el combustible fundido, por primera vez.

Memories of Fukushima crisis rapidly fading, warn civic groups

Sat, 16 Feb 2019 10:25:00 +0100iran-daily (en)

The memories of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster have been rapidly fading in Japan , making it difficult to grasp what is actually happening in the area, civic groups warned. Almost eight years after the massive earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan that triggered the crisis at the....

Sustainability, Vol. 11, Pages 1020: Sustainable Downtown Development for the Tsunami-Prepared Urban Revitalization of Regional Coastal Cities

Fri, 15 Feb 2019 17:01:00 +0100mdpi (en)

Abstract Regional cities in Japan are facing a decline in the downtown area owing to urban expansion and a decrease in the population. Promoting downtown living is indispensable for the realization of downtown revitalization. Since many coastal cities originally developed outward from a port, their....