The remote Japanese city of Suzu was already struggling to maintain its aging infrastructure when a massive earthquake hit on ...

The project is aimed at securing human resources for community development and creating 'related populations,' or people who ...

In a model project by Japan's internal affairs ministry, municipalities in the countryside are collaborating with university students from urban areas, in order to leverage young people's ideas for ...

Disasters strike without warning. Kindai University senior Tsuyoshi Kitahara, 21, has come up with a gamified evacuation ...

Japan's cabinet has endorsed a basic policy for the establishment of a disaster management agency next November, stating the agency will oversee the response to disasters in the quake-prone country ...

The government on Friday approved a basic policy framework for the establishment of the envisaged disaster management agency, ...

Japan's Cabinet endorsed on Friday a basic policy for the establishment of a disaster management agency next November, ...

The new agency will be under direct Cabinet supervision. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The government has adopted an outline of the envisaged agency, including its organizational structure and operations, ahead ...

The Japanese government on Friday adopted an outline of an envisaged disaster management agency, including its organizational structure and operations. Aiming to set up the agency in 2026, the governm ...

Tsunami evacuation towers are designed for rapid, temporary evacuation to higher elevation in coastal communities. Read more ...

No reports of major injuries or structural damage have emerged, and authorities have not issued a tsunami warning.