National Suga plans visit to Fukushima to show commitment to recovery

Thu, 24 Sep 2020 09:16:00 +0200japantimes (en)

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is planning to visit Fukushima Prefecture on Saturday, government sources said Thursday. It will be Suga’s first visit to the prefecture since he took office last week. Through the trip, Suga is apparently aiming to demonstrate his administration’s stance of making....

Sustainability, Vol. 12, Pages 7882: Tourism Stakeholder Perspective for Disaster-Management Process and Resilience: The Case of the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake in Japan

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:56:00 +0200mdpi (en)

The 2018 Eastern Iburi Hokkaido earthquake in Japan caused infrastructural damage and tourism disruption within a natural-hazard-prone country. This research advances the theoretical foundation and development of natural disaster management through a series of in-depth interviews with the local....

Information, Vol. 11, Pages 456: Integrated Question-Answering System for Natural Disaster Domains Based on Social Media Messages Posted at the Time of Disaster

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 15:47:00 +0200mdpi (en)

Natural disasters are events that humans cannot control, and Japan has suffered from many such disasters over its long history. Many of these have caused severe damage to human lives and property. These days, numerous Japanese people have gained considerable experience preparing for disasters and....

DIAS Geophysics

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 12:52:00 +0200dias (en)

DIAS post doctoral researcher Dr Haleh Karbala Ali was awarded “Best Oral Presentation” at the 2020 Society of Exploration Geophysicists Workshop on Underground Water and Karst Imaging which was held virtually August 28th. The extended abstract will be… A major M7.

Today in history

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 08:05:00 +0200mia-mk (en)

21 September 2020 (MIA) – International Day of Peace. 1170 – Combined English and Irish forces, under the command of Richard de Clare, Earl of Pembroke and Diarmait Mac Murchada, King of Leinster seize Norse-Gaelic Dublin, forcing Ascall mac Ragnaill, King of Dublin into exile.

Sept. 19, 1:26 pm Olympics will go on — with or without COVID-19

Sat, 19 Sep 2020 12:47:00 +0200kyivpost (en)

People wearing face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of COVID-19 sit at a bus stop in front of an advertisement for the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games in Bangkok on March 23, 2020. The postponed 2020 Tokyo Olympics will happen “with or without COVID,” John Coats, vice president of....