Disasters

2025.03.05

Degree of housing damage not a factor in mortality risk following Great East Japan Earthquake: Follow-up survey of 60,000 people by Tohoku University

2025.01.27

Toyota mulls revamp in domestic production to address disaster risks

2025.01.24

Japan's space agency to develop program that estimates quake damage

2025.01.23

Chance of Japan's Nankai Trough megaquake raised to 80%: gov't panel

2025.01.07

Japan to decide future of soil removed in Fukushima cleanup by spring

2024.11.18

Kyoto University discovers correlation between ionospheric disturbances and crustal movement anomalies immediately before a major earthquake

2024.10.15

Disaster-prone Japan aims for "A Society in which no one is left behind" − Technology for assisting the information vulnerable

2024.09.03

World's first detection of lower ionospheric disturbances caused by resonance of Pekeris waves resulting from the Tongan volcanic eruption

2024.08.14

Hiroshima University led group develops simplified seismic hazard-indexing for ground and structures

2024.08.06

Expectations for improved reliability of seismic isolation structures through full-scale operation of the world's top-class full-scale testing machine — Dynamic performance certification system began in July

2024.04.16

Combining AI and robots to observe disaster sites, civil engineering projects and bring benefits to society: An interview with Moonshot researcher Pang-jo Chun

2023.11.02

Contributing to water-disaster resilient societies through the innovative use of radar: An interview with Dr. Shakti P.C. of NIED

2023.11.01

Encouraging the circulation of young domestic and global talent by leveraging excellent facilities and data in disaster risk reduction: An interview with Dr. Kaoru Takara, President of NIED

2023.10.11

'E-Defense': Enhanced earthquake resistance technology using full-scale seismic shaking table [Exploring megascience]

2023.07.26

RESTEC and Spectee verify the use of Satellite and SNS Data for Flood Control

2023.07.19

Missing Person Search System utilizing the integration of drones and AI developed through industry-academia collaboration

2023.07.14

NTT and OIST use two Wave Gliders simultaneously to successfully conduct simultaneous atmospheric and marine observations directly beneath a violent, Category 5 typhoon for the first time in the world

2023.07.03

In pursuit of a path to protect lives and livelihoods that "leaves no-one behind": Updated Mt. Fuji eruption evacuation plan

2023.03.08

Working towards more resilient and sustainable communities: An interview with Professor Rajib Shaw part 2

2023.02.28

Working towards more resilient and sustainable communities: An interview with Professor Rajib Shaw

2023.02.14

Determining the differences between caldera and stratovolcanoes - World first research by Kochi University, Toyama University, and others

2022.11.09

Software developed by Kumamoto University team provides powerful support for restoring Kumamoto Castle's stone walls

2022.06.30

Collapsed black embankment sediments "definitely originated from elsewhere": Shizuoka University and others perform compositional analysis to verify landslide in Atami City