Rice price rise pushes Japan to tap strategic reserves
Teikoku Databank, a research company that tracks historic changes in the cost of assembling a plate of Japan’s beloved curry rice, found that the cost of the dish hit an all-time high of ¥377 in ...
Citizen Scientists Reclaim Japan’s Nuclear Disaster Zone
Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...
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He Lost His Wife In A Tsunami, So He Became A Scuba Diver To Search For Her
On March 11, 2011, a powerful earthquake struck Japan from its main island, Honshu. The magnitude 9.0 earthquake, one of the ...
Resource-poor Japan was girding for an AI energy surge. DeepSeek raised the stakes.
Weeks after Japan revealed details of a landmark energy plan partly designed to keep up with an expected AI surge, the shock ...
Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition
Most countries in fast-growing Southeast Asia are looking to develop nuclear energy in their quest for cleaner and more ...
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Memorial events, silent prayers mark 2011 quake anniversary
Events were held around Japan on March 11 to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, as attendees marked the exact time at 2:46 p.m. when the magnitude-9.0 ...
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Iwate museum destroyed in 3/11 tsunami reopens after 11 years
More than 90 percent of the roughly 7,300 exhibits were restored from damage from the tsunami generated by the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. A 10-meter-long stuffed ...
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1.2 million in Japan told to limit bathing & doing laundry after sinkholes merge in Tokyo
1.2 million residents across 12 cities and towns of Saitama Prefecture in Japan were told to use less water following the merging of sinkholes in Japan on Jan. 30. According to Kyodo News, the ...