Earthquake Warning For Japanese Cellphone Works Well
In eastern Japan, around 5 p.m. on 29th (Japan Standard Time), massive number of people in office and home got different than usual sound o....
29 Sep 6:10 pm  from  Asiajin.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
DoCoMo’s Earthquake Warning System Works!
4:59:10 PM – Everyone’s DoCoMo phone at the office let off a warning 4:59:33 PM – The earthquake hit. DoCoMo has been advertising thei....
29 Sep 5:00 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Today’s Japan Photo: Earthquake Drill
The first day of September is the annual nationalwide disaster drill in Japan. For Today’s Japan Photo, we shall take a look at how elemen....
3 Sep 10:49 am  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Disaster Prevention in Tokyo
Today is 2010 September 1. The 87th anniversary of the 「関東大震災」 (“Great Kanto Earthquake“) that destroyed the Tokyo area o....
1 Sep 11:46 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Earthquake
An earthquake (地震) just struck Japan. Thankfully no 津波 (tsunami), injuries or property damage have been reported as of yet. But it ....
13 Jun 2:30 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Temor in Tokyo
It is common to feel small earthquakes, or tremors, in Japan. It took me a while to get used to them. Actually, you never get totally used t....
1 May 9:46 am  from  Thomas Gantz Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tremor in Tokyo
Here is another movie I created. It is common to feel small earthquakes, or tremors, in Japan. It took me a while to get used to them. Actua....
1 May 9:46 am  from  Thomas Gantz Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Visionary concept for reviving the Kyobashi river
Recently I heard Mishima Yoshiki present a paper about the revival of the Kyobashi river in central Tokyo. Like most of Tokyo’s legendary....
28 Mar 1:52 pm  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 Anime
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 is an anime that made my interesting Summer 2009 anime list. With an interesting plot synopsis it easily became my most ....
19 Mar 12:25 am  from  Jamaipanese   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Earthquake Country
We had a couple of earthquakes over the weekend -- both occurred underneath Fukushima. The first was a 5.7 and the second a 6.6, but i think....
16 Mar 10:18 pm  from  Bryce words from Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
“Sorry” excuse for tsunami
Japanese weather forecasters might have been expected to be cheery after a tsunami that hit the country’s coast on Sunday proved smaller ....
1 Mar 6:08 pm  from  Reuters Blog Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Life After the B.O.E. 2/28/10
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28 Feb 8:28 pm  from  Wide Island View   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tsunami
Yesterday a very strong 地震 (earthquake) hit the South American country of Chile. Damage in Chile from 2010 Feb 27 earthquake This earthq....
28 Feb 12:18 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
EARTHQUAKE in OKINAWA !
We had this earthquake around 5:30 this morning, right here in my hometown. Well, it actually shook everybody's hometown on the whole 65 mil....
27 Feb 3:13 pm  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sporting event news
Did you watch the 2010 Olympics women’s figure skating event? It was probably the biggest event of these Olympics in both Japan and Korea.....
27 Feb 12:20 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Magnitude 7 Earthquake Strikes Okinawan Coast
This morning at 5:31am there was a huge earthquake which struck 80km east of Naha, and around 29km underground.  It was classified as a mag....
27 Feb 8:55 am  from  Big in Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The Situation in Haiti from an insider
Sent to me by a Special Forces buddy with contacts. To All, I just returned from Haiti with Hxxxx. We flew in at 3 AM Sunday to the scen....
6 Feb 9:02 am  from  Okinawa Expatriate   [Profile]  [Recent] 
It’s been 15 years since…
It’s been 15 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake hit the Kansai region on January 17th, 1995. It is a day Japanese people will not ....
23 Jan 3:35 pm  from  Japan Probe   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo as example for how to rebuild Haiti
Urban planners Matias Echanove and Rahul Srivastava have a provocative essay in the New York Times about how post-war Tokyo can serve as an....
20 Jan 9:05 am  from     [Profile]  [Recent] 
Earthquake
Yesterday was the fifteenth anniversary of the 阪神淡路大震災 (Kobe Earthquake). It was a level 7 earthquake that flatten the Kobe ar....
18 Jan 11:17 pm  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Recycled homes, one box at a time – CNN.com
Magoline Hazelton is used to people driving by her home just to take a look. She's also known as the "house lady" by her fello....
16 Jan 11:27 am  from  Okinawa Expatriate   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japan To Give $5M To Haiti
Hearts are bleeding and tears are flowing all over the world. The quake that hit Haiti the other day is something that no one can ignore, a....
15 Jan 4:19 pm  from  Geisha Blog   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo University Sanshiro-ike garden in fall
On a beautiful warm November day, I discovered Tokyo University’s Sanshiro-ike garden. I had a few moments before a meeting, and saw on t....
6 Dec 9:06 am  from  Tokyo Green Space   [Profile]  [Recent] 
History timeline
By no ways a complete list, but here is a timeline of some highlights of world history. Japan-related dates are written in red. 1281: Mongo....
21 Nov 11:33 am  from  Tokyo Five   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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