The district was engulfed by waves more than 10 meters high when the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake struck off the coast of the Tohoku region on March 11, 2011, unleashing the tsunami.

It flourished as a key shipping center linking the Tohoku region with ... prospect for areas the central government deems vulnerable to a Nankai Trough earthquake that experts warn will likely ...

But the 2011 Tohoku earthquake reminded the world ... This question continues to resonate as the government has been pursuing large developmental projects in Great Car Nicobar, including the ...

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Japanese utilities restarted two additional nuclear reactors in 2024 that had been suspended from operations in response to the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi accident, taking the total number of restarted ...

Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, Masaki Yasushi, has expressed the hope that the Aceh government ... Tohoku with Aceh has been implemented," he noted. He said that he is very pleased with the ...

The government will establish a new research base to develop a new type of nuclear fuel rod at Tohoku University in Sendai as early ... No. 1 nuclear power plant following the Great East Japan ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency withdrew a tsunami advisory after a 6.9 magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of ...

Tohoku is Japan’s lesser-known wonderland of nature and culture. Visit the holy mountain shrines of Dewa Sanzan. Find peace in Hirosaki's UNESCO World Heritage temples. Join the crowds at ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency lifted a tsunami warning late Monday following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck off the ...