15 December 2012 | Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan -- IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano and the Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, Yuhei Sato, today signed a Memorandum of Cooperation...
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Japan’s 2012 Contribution to the Global Fund is the Highest it Has Ever Made
Geneva - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today welcomed the payment by Japan of the second and final tranche of its total 2012 contribution of US$ 343 million, the highest...
Test passed? Japan's earthquake causes quick response near Fukushima
Coming so soon after Sunday’s tunnel collapse raised questions about Japan's infrastructure, the absence of major damage from today's quake shows Japan’s level of preparedness for them. Read the full...
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Earthquake and Tsunami Operations Update n° 9
Highlights: Operations Update No. 9 captures the activities of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (GEJET) over the past three months. ...
Great Eastern Japan Earthquake: "Lessons Learned" for Japanese Defense Policy
The Great Eastern Japan Earthquake (GEJE) on March 11, 2011 was the worst disaster in the nation's recorded history. The triple combination of an earthquake, tsunami, and meltdown of the Fukushima...
UN expert urges Japan to heed people’s voices in the aftermath of the nuclear disaster
TOKYO / GENEVA (26 November 2012) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to health, Anand Grover, concluded his mission to Japan today by stressing* the importance of monitoring the...
The difficult task of rebuilding a town amid an uncertain future
By Sayaka Matsumoto in Rikuzentakata An unusually long, hot summer has ended. The wooded mountains have started to turn red and yellow. As we near the coastline, long, scrubby grass encroaches on the...
Reconstructing a town amid an uncertain future
By Sayaka Matsumoto in Rikuzentakata An unusually long, hot summer has ended, and the mountains have started to turn red and yellow. As we near the coastline, long, scrubby grass encroaches on the...
Resurgence by the Sea
By David Tereshchuk* October 22, 2012—More than 16,000 lives were lost, and many more livelihoods destroyed as well, in Japan’s triple disaster of earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear crisis in March...
Habitat for Humanity launches solar project to support disaster-affected families in Ofunato
Contact: Soo How Wong +66 87 064 3663 swong@habitat.org Up to 40 households to benefit from electricity savings and government subsidies BANGKOK, October 22, 2012 – Global non-profit housing...
International Day for Disaster Reduction
The Embassy of Japan wishes to join the world in marking the “International Day for Disaster Reduction” on October 13, 2012. The theme of “Disaster Reduction” holds great significance for the...
Mental Health Service Reform Post-Disaster: Lessons for Japan
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck northeast Japan, followed by a powerful tsunami that in turn caused a nuclear disaster at the Fukushima power station. Hospitals and clinics were...
UNISDR declares tsunami-hit Sendai campaign role model
By Yuki Matsuoka SENDAI, 9 October 2012 - UNISDR today recognized Sendai, the largest city in Japan's tsunami-struck region of Tohoku, as a role model for the Making Cities Resilient Campaign for...
Lessons from the 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami for Canada’s Humanitarian Sector
The Japan earthquake and tsunami in 2011 was the first disaster in a developed country for which the Humanitarian Coalition launched a joint appeal. The member agencies of the Humanitarian Coalition...
Grief remains but smiles return 18 months after the tsunami
By Sayaka Matsumoto Eighteen months after the earthquake and tsunami, recovery is well underway in communities along Japan’s north east coast. Although emotions remain raw for families of the 20,000...
Helping to ease minds on radiation
By Francis Markus in Fukushima It’s a hot afternoon and despite the mothers’ best efforts, the children sitting at the tables in the Fukushima Red Cross hospital cafeteria are cranky, reading their...
Fukushima grapples with re-building
By Francis Markus in Fukushima As the construction company representative hands an over-sized replica of a key to the local mayor, a dozen or so journalists click and jostle with their cameras. This...
Earthquake and Tsunami Operations Update n° 8
Period covered by this Operations Update: 27 April 2012 - 9 August 2012 Highlights: Operations Update No. 8 captures the activities of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) in response to the Great...
Sendai City joins UNISDR Cities Campaign
By Yuki Matsuoka Kobe, 20 July 2012 - Some of the most dramatic images of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami came from Sendai City where tsunami waves travelled up to 10 km inland resulting...
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Thailand offers ฿5 million to Japan for disaster relief
BANGKOK, 23 July 2012 (NNT) – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has given Japan 5 million baht to help the country with its disaster relief efforts in the southwestern region, which was recently hit by...