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Japan issued its first-ever advisory on higher-than-usual risks of a megaquake, after a strong magnitude 7.1 quake occurred on Thursday at the edge of a tremulous seabed zone along the Pacific ...
The Summary. Japan’s meteorological agency on Thursday issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory.” The warning followed a 7.1-magnitude earthquake off the country’s southern coast.
In 2013, a government disaster prevention team said a magnitude 9.1 Nankai Trough quake could generate a tsunami exceeding 10 meters (33 feet) within minutes, killing as many as 323,000 people, destroying more than 2 million buildings and causing economic damage of more than 220 trillion yen ($1.5 trillion) to large swaths of Japan’s Pacific ...
September 6, 1997: Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto said: "In 1995, on the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Government of Japan expressed its resolution through the statement by the Prime Minister, which states that during a certain period in the past, Japan's conduct caused tremendous damage and suffering to the people of many ...
Air raids on Japan during the war; Evacuations of civilians in Japan during World War II; Barefoot Gen, a manga series set in the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Fragile Dreams: Farewell Ruins of the Moon, a video game with similarities to the film. [71] List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes
The Pacific War, a major theater of World War II, further intensified Japan's engagements, leading to significant confrontations with Allied forces in the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia. Although initially successful, Japan took significant losses at the Battle of Midway. In addition, Japan met significant setbacks in China.
Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever “megaquake advisory” last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern main ...
In September 1940, following a trade embargo imposed on a belligerent Japan by the United States a year prior, severely limiting raw materials, influential Japanese army figures and politicians push through an alliance with Germany and Italy, despite opposition from the Japanese navy, and prepare for war.