The government yesterday agreed to pay compensation to the family of Japanese photographer Hiroyuki Muramoto who was killed during the anti-government protests in 2010. The decision came hours before Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra left for Tokyo on a four-day official visit ending on Friday with the main agenda to bolster confidence of Japanese investors after […]
Experts say there is a high likelihood of a big earthquake hitting the huge metropolis of Tokyo in the next few years. Authorities are trying to ensure the city is as prepared as possible for another large quake. Earthquake alarms ring at Tokyo’s Metropolitan Government headquarters, sending workers running for cover. Across the city, workers […]
Almost twenty earthquakes were felt around Tokyo last Saturday morning, adding cause for concern as to when the “big one” may hit. So far, 19 earthquakes and aftershocks, ranging from magnitude 2.2 to 5.5, have been felt in and around the areas near Mount Fuji, south west of Tokyo. A 5.5 quake is nothing new […]
Seismologists say a powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 rocked southern Japan Sunday, but there were no reports of damage or casualties, and no tsunami warning was issued. The U.S. Geological Survey put the epicenter of the quake in the Izu islands, 486 kilometers south of Tokyo. The quake struck at a depth of 371 kilometers.
Two strong earthquakes shook northern Japan Thursday, but neither caused any apparent damage or prompted a tsunami warning. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said a magnitude 6.1 undersea quake struck Thursday evening about 750 kilometers northeast of Tokyo, near Hokkaido island. Full story: VOANews.com VOA News
Tokyo – Thailand’s fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra said Tuesday he had no immediate plan to return to his country. “I don’t think I would go back (to Thailand) if I were to be part of the problem,” Thaksin, who arrived Monday for a week-long stay, told a news conference in Tokyo. Thaksin, who […]
BANGKOK, 19 August 2011 (NNT) – The multi-color-clad Alliance of Patriots has handed a letter of protest to the Japanese Embassy against the possible issuance of entry visa to Japan for former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Supporters of the Alliance of Patriots, led by MD Tul Sitthisomwong, on Thursday gathered in front of the Japanese […]
Tokyo Electric Power Company has retracted its announcement that 10 million times the normal density of radioactive materials had been detected in water at the Number 2 reactor of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The utility says it will conduct another test of the leaked water at the reactor’s turbine building. NHK.or.jp
