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WebVolcanic alert for Hokkaido’s Mt. Tokachidake raised to Level 3
23+ hour, 3+ min ago (252+ words) Japan’s Meteorological Agency raised the eruption alert level for Mount Tokachidake in Hokkaido to Level 3 on Saturday morning, banning entry to the 2,077-meter mountain. This is the first time that Level 3 has been issued for the mountain since the alert…...
Indonesia????s Anak Krakatau eruption halts flights, schools and fishing
1+ week, 1+ day ago (287+ words) Jakarta – An eruption of Indonesia’s Mount Anak Krakatau caused the suspension of hundreds of flights at Jakarta’s main airport on Sunday after some school activities and fishing were halted. Soekarno-Hatta International Airport posted on Instagram that it had suspended flight…...
Chance of huge quake hitting western Japan in the next 30 years as high as 60%
2+ week, 2+ day ago (140+ words) Active faults in and around the Kinki region could trigger an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 or larger with a 50-60% probability within the next 30 years, a government panel has said. Chance of huge quake hitting western Japan in the next…...
Japan’s top tomato production hub damaged following Kumamoto earthquake
2+ week, 4+ day ago (367+ words) YATSUSHIRO, KUMAMOTO PREF. – The July 28 earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture has dealt a blow to Japan’s top tomato production center in the city of Yatsushiro, damaging irrigation systems and greenhouse equipment. The city, where a seismic intensity of upper 6 was recorded…...
The next great quake: Risks, readiness and resilience
2+ week, 6+ day ago (197+ words) The Japan Times Japan is one of the most seismically active countries in the world Last monthâs earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture, which killed 38 people, and the 2024 Noto Peninsula quake, which killed nearly 700, have once again demonstrated the risks While…...
Japan and India hold first event focused on recycling of key minerals
3+ week, 1+ day ago (188+ words) NEW DELHI – Japan and India have held the first joint event between their governments focusing on recycling key minerals at the Japanese Embassy in New Delhi. About 130 participants, including government officials and recycling business operators, took part in the event…...
Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rattles Tokyo and eastern Kanto region
3+ week, 1+ day ago (104+ words) Tokyo and the eastern Kanto region were shaken at 2 a.m. Sunday by a magnitude 5.9 earthquake centered in southern Ibaraki Prefecture at a depth of 70 kilometers. Shaking registered lower 5 on Japan’s seven-point seismic scale. There was no threat of a tsunami Lower…...