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Sendai (仙台市, Sendai-shi, ⓘ) is the capital city of Miyagi Prefecture and the largest city in the Tōhoku region. As of 1 August 2023, the city had a population of 1,098,335 in 539,698 households, [1] and is one of Japan's 20 designated cities. The city was founded in 1600 by the daimyō Date Masamune.
Following the earthquake, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued a 'Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information' advisory [23] that the probability of a megathrust earthquake along the Nankai Trough increased from a 0.1% per week to 1% chance [24] in what was the first advisory of its kind but clarified that it was not imminent.
Sendai Tōshōgū (仙台東照宮) is the memorial shrine of Tokugawa Ieyasu in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Five of its buildings, all dating to 1654, have been designated Important Cultural Properties. [1] The torii and gates were damaged in the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. [2]
According to the Japan Meteorological Survey, the earthquake would not be considered an aftershock of the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake as such announcements had ceased as of April 1 of 2021. [31] This is due to the decreasing rate of earthquakes which made it harder to determine if events like those of May 1 were actual aftershocks. [32]
The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (2015–2030) is an international document that was adopted by the United Nations (UN) member states between 14 and 18 March 2015 at the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Sendai, Japan, and endorsed by the UN General Assembly in June 2015.
The Sendai Subway 3000 series (仙台市交通局3000系) is a Japanese rapid transit electric multiple unit (EMU) train type operated by Sendai City Transportation Bureau for use on the Namboku Line in Sendai, Japan. Twenty-two sets are scheduled to be built by fiscal 2030 to replace the existing fleet of twenty-one 1000N series sets. [1]
Izumi-ku (泉区) is the northernmost ward of the city of Sendai, in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. As of 1 July 2017 [update] , the ward had a population of 215,048 and a population density of 1470 persons per km 2 in 90,336 households. [ 1 ]
Sendai Airport Transit Co., Ltd. (仙台空港鉄道 株式会社, Sendai Kūkō Tetsudō Kabushikigaisha, or, SAT) is a third-sector company in charge of constructing and running the Sendai Airport Line train service between Sendai Airport Station and Natori Station in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.