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15 years after Tohoku tsunami, Japan’s free disaster phone message number is important to remember
- Casey Baseel
Mar 12, 2026 - Tweet
Free-to-use system helps disaster victims connect with loved ones in times of crisis, and is worth remembering for anyone traveling or living in Japan.
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- (3.11 • disaster preparedness • disasters • earthquakes • Japan travel • Tohoku Earthquake • Tohoku earthquake and tsunami • Tohoku tsunami • tourism • travel • tsunami)
Tokyo government planning to ban overhead power lines in new housing developments
- Casey Baseel
Sep 27, 2025
Tokyo will look different when people look up under proposed ordinance.
- Japan
- (COK • earthquakes • power lines • society • Tokyo)
Manga predicting a major disaster this July affecting summer tourism numbers
- Master Blaster
Apr 30, 2025
Flights to/from Hong Kong affected by predictions on both ends of the routes.
- Japan
- (books • COK • earthquakes • Great East Japan Earthquake • Hong Kong • manga • predictions • Ryo Tatsuki • The Future I Saw • travel • Watashi ga Mita Mirai • weird)
What should you do if you get stuck in an elevator in an earthquake? Japan’s NHK offers five tips
- Casey Baseel
May 15, 2023
And we add one of our own.
- Japan
- (COK • disaster • earthquakes • life hacks • Lifehacks • safety)
Japanese company develops a door within a door, and it’s a great idea
- Master Blaster
Apr 2, 2022
When is a door not a door?
- Japan
- (disaster preparedness • doors • earthquakes • Natural disasters • safety • seismic door • Shin Nihon Entrance • Tasukaru Door)
Japanese home center emergency evacuation set could save your life, make you look like a goldfish
- Krista Rogers
Sep 21, 2021
How does this one stack up against Muji’s recent disaster preparedness kit?
- Japan
- (Cainz Home • COK • disaster prevention • disasters • earthquakes • emergency preparedness • fire • safety • SNJO)
National Film Archive of Japan releases shocking historical videos of 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake
- Krista Rogers
Sep 7, 2021
A new publicly accessible website compiles contemporary footage of the deadliest natural disaster in Japanese history into a 64-minute film.
- Japan
- (disasters • earthquakes • Great Kanto Earthquake • history • National Film Archive of Japan • natural disaster • rare • Taisho Era)
Town destroyed by 2011 earthquake and tsunami creates anime based on stories of residents
- Oona McGee
Mar 11, 2021
Voice actress from Ghibli’s My Neighbour Totoro plays a schoolboy dealing with disaster in Japan.
- Japan
- (2011 Tohoku Earthquake • anime • earthquake • earthquakes • Great East Japan Earthquake • Noriko Hidaka • voice actors • voice actresses)
Is Japan about to be rocked by a big earthquake?
- SoraNews24
Mar 9, 2021
People are checking their emergency bags in fear that a big quake will arrive in the coming days.
- Japan
- (2011 Tohoku Earthquake • earthquake • earthquakes • Great East Japan Earthquake • news • twitter)
Women speak out about sexual violence after Great East Japan Earthquake
- SoraNews24
Mar 5, 2021
“Buried voices” get the attention they deserve, and bring about positive change.
- Japan
- (2011 Tohoku Earthquake • crime • earthquake • earthquakes • Great East Japan Earthquake • news • sexual assault • violence)
Fukushima supermarket sells earthquake-damaged beers as “heroes”
- Master Blaster
Feb 17, 2021
A good beer has character.
- Japan
- (alcohol • beer • cans • damaged goods • date • earthquakes • Fukushima • RE Fanz • supermarkets)
How was last week’s earthquake judged to be an aftershock of the 2011 Tohoku disaster?
- Master Blaster
Feb 17, 2021
Earthquakes have always been largely a guessing game, and this one is no different.
- Japan
- (2011 Tohoku Earthquake • aftershocks • earthquakes • Japan Meteorological Agency • Natural disasters • science • tectonic plates)
Modern Japanese kokeshi dolls are both beautiful interior items and useful emergency tools
- Dale Roll
Feb 16, 2021
Let these traditional Japanese dolls light the way in an emergency!
- Japan
- (disaster preparedness • earthquakes • emergency preparedness • emergency supplies • flashlight • kokeshi • Natural disasters • typhoons)
Strong earthquake hits Japan as anniversary of Fukushima disaster approaches【Photos, Videos】
- SoraNews24
Feb 15, 2021
Footage shows the strength of the tremor as it hit and the aftermath it left behind.
- Japan
- (2011 Tohoku Earthquake • earthquake • earthquakes • Great East Japan Earthquake • news • photos • trains • twitter • videos)
Tokyo Fire Department uses Animal Crossing to demonstrate disaster-proof home decorating【Video】
- Katy Kelly
Aug 16, 2020
Earthquakes don’t exist in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, but we can use it to explain how to keep safe in real life!
- Japan
- (Animal Crossing • Animal Crossing: New Horizons • clever • cool • cute • earthquake • earthquakes • interior • nintendo • safety • Tokyo Fire Department • video)
Simulation and helpful illustrations show the terrifying power of a one-meter tsunami 【Video】
- Shannon McNaught
Jun 28, 2019
Anything less than your height might not seem like a big deal, but trust us, it is.
- Japan
- (crazy • earthquakes • nature • scary • science • tidal waves • tsunami • video)
Japan makes card game to help kids raise disaster prevention awareness
- Shannon McNaught
Feb 10, 2019
How do you get kids interested in natural disaster preparedness? With a game, of course.
- Japan
- (biohazard • blizzards • card game • earthquakes • Japanese Self-Defense Force • Natural disasters • Okayama • typhoons)
Japanese man gets caught cheating on his girlfriend because of an earthquake
- Casey Baseel
Oct 6, 2018
Sudden confrontation leaves him trembling, but not from the ground shaking.
- Japan
- (cheating • COK • crazy • earthquakes • relationships • Smartphones • trains • weird)
Strong earthquake hits Hokkaido in Japan, dozens missing and injured
- Oona McGee
Sep 6, 2018
Japan’s northern island suffers extensive damage to infrastructure after massive earthquake this morning.
- Japan
- (disasters • earthquakes • Hokkaido • Hokkaido earthquake • news)
These little-known Japanese plastic bags can be a lifesaver in times of disaster
- Master Blaster
Aug 4, 2018
Unless you live in a handful of prefectures, you’ve probably never even heard of I-wrap, but those who know it swear by it.
- Japan
- (COK • cooking • diasters • disaster prepa • disaster preparedness • earthquakes • food • I-wrap • plastic bags • plastic wrap • SNOJ)
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