After COVID-19 delay, Sendai to host world forum on disasters

SENDAI—An international conference on disaster preparedness will be held for the first time in three years and four months in this city that suffered damage in the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.
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Quake advisory confuses foreign residents in northern Japan

SENDAI—The central government’s first disaster advisory under a new warning system caused confusion among foreign residents and even Japanese citizens. It was issued after the Dec. 8 quake off Aomori ...

Viewing Sendai's "Multi-layered Defense" from the Rooftop Where 320 People Spent 27 Hours | Walking the Sanriku Seawalls #2

IntroductionLast time, I wrote a record of my walk through the local Yuriage area of Natori City. After leaving Yuriage that ...
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7.7-magnitude earthquake hits Japan: How much damage can it cause?

A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan, triggering tsunami warnings, Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) said on Monday. Roughly 40 minutes after the earthquake, a tsunami wave ...
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Earthquake disrupts Japan’s thermal power operations

A powerful earthquake hit wider areas in Japan's Tohoku and Kanto regions late on 16 March, causing a shutdown of around 6.5GW of thermal power and leading to tighter electricity supplies. A 7.4 ...