Earthquake in Japan

Our family was enjoying a quiet Sunday evening in our Tokyo apartment preparing for our short trip to Singapore the next day when an earthquake hit Japan.  The high rise building shook and our lighting fixture swayed for over a minute – it was very scary indeed!
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) reported a 6.9 [...]

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Japan in the News

Once again, Japan has been in the news lately:

Japan executes three inmates
Magnitude 7.0 earthquake hits northern Japan, M7 earthquake hits Hokkaido
Japan to withdraw air force from Iraq, Japan to end Iraq mission
5 lawmakers kick of campaigns for LDP leadership
2009 budget request top Y89 tril

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Japan in the News

Japan and Tokyo have been in the news recently:

Powerful quake inquires 102 in Japan – 6.8 magnitude earthquake which was felt in Tokyo, the second earthquake which has hit Japan in less than a week (that one was a 6.6 magnitude)
Tokyo woman killed in stabbing attack – A random, deadly attack in a subway bookstore [...]

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Powerful earthquake strikes Japan on June 14, 2008

The quake, which hit at 8:43 a.m. (7:43 p.m. ET Friday), was centered 100 kilometers north of Sendai (about 300 km from Tokyo) in southern Iwate Prefecture, measured at 7.0 magnitude, killing 7 people with at least 144 hurt.  News coverage from CNN, BBC and several Canadian news agencies:

CNN
BBC
Toronto Star
CityNews
CTV

So what was our family [...]

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Earthquakes

In recent (December 2007) article and slideshow from Forbes.com ranks the top 20 most Earthquake-vulnerable cities in the world. Tokyo, Japan was ranked #11. Actually, a recent moderate earthquake (5.0) hit Tokyo on April 4 early evening – I was riding the subway train home, but my wife and son actually felt it [...]

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