The world's longest underwater tunnel that links two islands and cost £5.6bn
Opened in 1988, the tunnel overcame major engineering challenges and has boosted tourism and trade between Japan's islands.
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6.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Ishikawa Prefecture in Japan, No Tsunami Warning Issued
Tokyo, November 27, 2024, SPA -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.6 hit Ishikawa Prefecture and other central Japanese prefectures, with no tsunami warnings issued. According to a press release ...
Japan Motorcycle Diaries #17: The road to the deep north and local delicacy sketches
Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kinki, Chugoku, Shikoku and Kyushu -- and I recently realized that, save Fukushima Prefecture, I had never fully explored the six-prefecture Tohoku region in the ...
Japanese consul general invites Burdwan University delegation for tie-up
The consulate general of Japan in Kolkata has invited a delegation of the tourism department of Burdwan University to visit ...
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Why are volcanoes common in the Pacific Ring of Fire?
How big is the Pacific Ring of Fire? The Ring of Fire dominates the Pacific Ocean. It's a string of at least 450 active and dormant volcanoes that form a semi-circle, or horse shoe, around the ...
How the bullet train transformed Japan
Sixty years after the world's first high-speed train launched, rail enthusiast Paul Carter rides the bullet train along ...
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Moderately strong quake hits off central Japan
TOKYO — A moderately strong magnitude-6.6 earthquake struck off the coast of central Japan Tuesday night, rattling an area still traumatized by a devastating January jolt. No tsunami alert was ...
India Today14d
Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hits Japan's Noto, no tsunami warning issued
Listen to Story No immediate injuries or damage reported Minor damage at Shika nuclear plant, no radiation leak Noto recovering from deadly January quake that killed 370 people A strong earthquake ...
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6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan’s Noto region, no major damage reported
A strong earthquake late Tuesday struck Japan’s north-central region of Noto that’s still recovering from a deadly quake early this year. There was no danger of a tsunami. The Japan Meteorological ...
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Earthquake Today: 6.4 magnitude jolt hits Japan’s Noto region, no tsunami danger issued
Earthquake Today: An earthquake of magnitude 6.4 occurred on 26 November 2024 in Japan's north-central region of Noto Peninsula at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) at around 10.47 pm, according to the ...
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Japan Earthquake: Twin Quakes in Ishikawa and Honshu Disrupt Travel Plans
Heads up if you’re travelling in Japan! The Land of the Rising Sun was recently rattled by a pair of powerful earthquakes. On ...
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Earthquake of magnitude 5.74 strikes near coast of Central Chile
An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 struck near the coast of Central Chile on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences, (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 18 km (11.18 miles), GFZ said. A ...