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Unprecedented rainfall leaves at least 11 dead in Japan
As of Friday, July 7, 2017, eleven people are confirmed dead and 14 are still missing, after three days of extreme rainfall caused massive flooding and landslides in many parts of Kyushu, southwestern...
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New early warning system could have saved lives during the 2011 Japan tsunami
Simulations assessing how the system would have responded to the 2011 Tohoku earthquake show that a tsunami alarm would have been raised in 7 minutes or less, thus might had saved many of the 22,000 k...
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Landslide Prediction System successfully tried in Thailand
NEC Corporation (Japan), in collaboration with Thailand's National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC), announced a few days ago the completion of the trial for a prediction system that identifies areas pr...
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This machine produces oil from plastic waste
A household appliance that converts plastic bags into fuel was invented by a Japanese man A household appliance that converts plastic bags into fuel was invented by a Japanese man The Japanese inv...
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Impressive submarine landslide outcrop captured in photos
Outcrops are usually not well enough exposed to view the features of such landslides, but this one created by road making on the Boso Peninsula in Japan is indeed an exception. Outcrops are usually n...
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