Strong earthquake hits southwestern Japan, triggering temporary tsunami alerts
A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory.
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Ghosts, disasters and returning home in 'Empty Ride'
Playwright Keiko Green's "Empty Ride" follows the story of a woman who returns home to a small town in Japan, after the 2011 ...
Japan to increase nuclear power as new crises overshadow fears of Fukushima repeat
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...
Japan’s Tepco takes on challenge of making space for Fukushima nuclear debris
Company has started dismantling water tanks and plans to build facilities to store the molten fuel debris after extracting it ...
Play will examine haunted tales from Japan’s 2011 tsunami
Those stories originated in Japan, where some taxi drivers in the city of Ishinomaki reported encountering “ghost passengers” ...
‘Hard for locals’: Japan battling brutal Australian tourism tsunami
With reports swirling of harassed geisha, parking-spot punch-ons and tourist litter killing sacred deer, it’s no wonder some locals are worried about preserving their way of life – though others view ...
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Anime ‘Suzume’ makes international debut, educates young people about Japan’s devastating 2011 earthquake and tsunami
The earthquake and tsunami that devastated much of eastern Japan may have taken place only 12 years ago, but a generation of children is growing up to whom it means little, and film director ...
Review: Old Globe’s ‘Empty Ride’ an intriguing but overstuffed ghost story
The world premiere play by Keiko Green is about a young woman haunted by the ghosts who ride in her taxi in post-2011-tsunami ...