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A large wooden roof with a decorative structure depicting the emblem of the city Toyota tops this museum in Japan, completed ...

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Bonnier Books; £12.99 A giant earthquake and tsunami struck Japan in 2011 ... Yet suffering is also a comfort. “Pain is a proof of love,” he says. Several times he quotes a letter from ...

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HICs are able to invest in technology to make their buildings earthquake proof, such as having shock absorbers at ... 1st of September is earthquake drill day in Japan (which marks the anniversary of ...

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A century-old technology has been added to Petersburg's fire hall for emergency communication when all else fails. Amateur ...

A Japanese nuclear reactor which survived a massive 2011 earthquake and tsunami that badly damaged the nearby Fukushima nuclear power plant was restarted Tuesday for the first time since the ...