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Why too many homes and not enough people is a problem for Japan
CNN via Yahoo News· 2 hours agoThe number of vacant houses in Japan has surged to a record high of nine million – more than enough...
Earthquake Information
U.S. Marine Corps· 14 hours agoBig quakes can be devastating and deadly but thousands of earthquakes take place around the world every single day. The vast majority of all earthquakes ...
Compilation of old disaster clips unrelated to recent earthquake in Taiwan on April 22, 2024
AFP via Yahoo News· 6 days agoTwo weeks after a massive deadly earthquake, Taiwan was rocked by more quakes on the night of April...
Earthquake map shows biggest global tremors in 2024 so far
Newsweek· 2 days agoEarthquakes occur several hundred times a day, every day, all over the globe. It is only the notable earthquakes, usually of a magnitude 6 or higher, that ...
Do earthquake hazard maps really predict future building damage?
Digital Journal· 5 days agoThe best way to reduce deaths in future earthquakes in vulnerable areas is generally presented as constructing buildings that can withstand them. Such maps are based on assumptions ...
Japan imperial family's Instagram attracts 1.2m followers
Nikkei Asian Review· 4 days agoOfficial account with exclusive content reaches 7-digit mark a month after debut
Do earthquake hazard maps predict higher shaking than actually occurred? Research finds discrepancy
Phys.org· 6 days agoA new study by Northwestern University researchers and coworkers explains a puzzling problem with...
Japan hastens pursuit of unmanned ground vehicles for its military
Defense News via Yahoo News· 6 days agoThe Japan Air Self-Defense Force is already trialing three Vision 60 legged robots at Hyakuri Air...
5.0 magnitude earthquake strikes near Vancouver Island
AOL· 5 days agoA 5.0 magnitude earthquake struck near Vancouver Island on Thursday.
The Contestant: How a Japanese comedian was kidnapped, stripped naked and secretly broadcast to...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 6 days agoIN FOCUS: Every Sunday for more than a year, 17 million people tuned in to watch a naked man trapped...