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Taiwan: Typhoon Danas Batters Southern Region, Leaving Widespread Damage

Typhoon Danas made landfall near Chiayi's Budai Township around 11:40 p.m. on Sunday, July 6, bringing gusty winds and heavy rainfall to the southern region. Typhoon Danas weakened to a tropical storm after its eye departed Taiwan early Monday. The video shows the aftermath left by the typhoon in Cigu District, Tainan.

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[Breaking News]Small tsunami recorded in areas along Japan's Pacific coast

Wakayama , Japan Kyodo - Video taken in Wakayama on Dec. 3, 2023,Small tsunami were observed in areas along Japan's Pacific coast early Sunday following a 7.7-magnitude earthquake off a southern Philippine island, Japan's weather agency said.Tsunami up to 40 centimeters in height were measured at Hachijo Island in the Izu chain near Tokyo and up to 20 cm for some other islands in the chain, while surges of 20 cm were also seen in coastal areas of Wakayama and Kochi prefectures in western Japan after warnings were issued for the areas.

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Troupe on national tour of play on Fukushima disaster

FURANO, Japan - Playwright So Kuramoto speaks during an interview after a rehearsal by his drama troupe of his play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster in Furano, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Jan. 5, 2015. The group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

FURANO, Japan - Cast members of a drama troupe rehearse a scene from a play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster by playwright So Kuramoto, the group's leader, in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015. The Furano Group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14.

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Child sees pre-quake scenery with tablet on Hokkaido isle

HAKODATE, Japan - An elementary school girl uses a tablet computer on Oct. 8, 2014, to see a virtual scene of her town as it looked prior to its destruction in the 1993 earthquake that struck Okushiri, a small island off the southwest of Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. The scene being viewed is created by an application based on augmented reality technology and built into the tablet. The quake and ensuing tsunami left some 200 people dead or missing.

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Small shelter

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Photo taken in June 2012 shows a small tsunami shelter. The government of the town of Rishiri, Hokkaido, northern Japan, is considering the feasibility of equipping local households with such shelters that would house up to four people and float in the event of a tsunami.

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 16, June 2 and Sept. 3, 2011, show that rubble from the March 11 tsunami has been mostly removed. Student volunteers in the newest photo are clearing small pieces of debris.

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Tunisian Street in tsunami-hit town

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 15, 2011, shows the street sign for ''Tunisian Street'' in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The North African country and the coastal town, devastated by the March 11 tsunami, have over the past two decades developed a strong bond, albeit an unusual one in being between a country and a small town.

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Japan, Pacific island nations to meet for summit in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi leaves his official residence en route to Okinawa Prefecture to attend a two-day summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations due to begin in Nago, on May 26. The leaders will discuss wide-ranging issues affecting the small island states such as development, environment, infection and tsunami countermeasures.

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UNESCO to transform tsunami alert system into global network

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius - UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Port Louis on Jan. 12. He said UNESCO will establish a tsunami alert system in the Indian Ocean region by June 2006 and transform its early warning system into a global network by June 2007. Matsuura was in Mauritius to attend the U.N. international meeting on the sustainable development of small-island developing countries.

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Japan, Pacific island nations to meet for summit in Okinawa

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi leaves his official residence en route to Okinawa Prefecture to attend a two-day summit of leaders of Japan and Pacific island nations due to begin in Nago, on May 26. The leaders will discuss wide-ranging issues affecting the small island states such as development, environment, infection and tsunami countermeasures. (Kyodo)

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Seven Bank unveils "mobile ATM" for disaster-hit areas

Seven Bank unveils a mobile automated teller machine to the media in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on March 11, 2015, the fourth anniversary of the killer earthquake and tsunami that hit northeastern Japan. The vehicle, converted from a small truck and loaded with an ATM and power generator, is to do the rounds among stores, shelters and temporary housings in disaster-hit areas so affected people can withdraw cash. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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UNESCO to transform tsunami alert system into global network

PORT LOUIS, Mauritius - UNESCO Director General Koichiro Matsuura speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Port Louis on Jan. 12. He said UNESCO will establish a tsunami alert system in the Indian Ocean region by June 2006 and transform its early warning system into a global network by June 2007. Matsuura was in Mauritius to attend the U.N. international meeting on the sustainable development of small-island developing countries. (Kyodo)

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6 months after Japan quake, tsunami

SENDAI, Japan - Photos of Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, (from L) on March 16, June 2 and Sept. 3, 2011, show that rubble from the March 11 tsunami has been mostly removed. Student volunteers in the newest photo are clearing small pieces of debris. (Kyodo)

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Quake-induced stress ails cattle

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Cattle farmer Naoyuki Hino checks pasture at his cowshed in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 28, 2011. Stress from the March earthquake and tsunami has damaged the physical and mental health of cattle and has taken a toll on the small-scale businesses of many livestock farmers in disaster-hit areas. (Kyodo)

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Tunisian Street in tsunami-hit town

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Photo taken April 15, 2011, shows the street sign for ''Tunisian Street'' in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture. The North African country and the coastal town, devastated by the March 11 tsunami, have over the past two decades developed a strong bond, albeit an unusual one in being between a country and a small town. (Kyodo)

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Troupe play on Fukushima disaster on national tour

FURANO, Japan - Cast members of a drama troupe rehearse a scene from a play about the 2011 Fukushima disaster by playwright So Kuramoto, the group's leader, in Furano on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on Jan. 5, 2015. The Furano Group will perform the play, which is about the experiences of survivors of the tsunami and nuclear disaster in a small town in Fukushima Prefecture, nationally from Jan. 10 through March 14. (Kyodo)