Japan’s New Year’s celebrations were cut short by a deadly earthquake that affected the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. More than 230 deaths have been confirmed since the disaster struck the region. Tragedies like these are an unfortunate part of life within the Japanese archipelago. It is a well-known fact that Japan is a country … Read more
On New Years Day 2024, a severe earthquake struck Japan on the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture. The 7.6-magnitude earthquake led to the issuing of a major tsunami warning, the first since the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in 2011, which triggered the nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power plant. Needless to say, the event brought … Read more
This satellite image shows Typhoon Khanun in the East China Sea, northeast of Taiwan, on Aug. 2, 2023. Credit: NOAA Advertisement The typhoon that damaged homes and knocked out power on Okinawa and other southern Japanese islands this week was slowly moving west Thursday but is forecast to make a U-turn and dump even more … Read more