Tuesday, August 9th, 2011
The calving of icebergs (where a huge chunk of ice breaks off from a glacier or ice shelf) from the Sulzberger Ice Shelf in Antarctica was linked to the tsunami, which originated with the magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the...
Wednesday, July 27th, 2011
Last year, Japan produced close to one quadrillion watt-hours of electricity — that's 1 followed by 15 zeros. The vast majority of that — which translates into one billion megawatt hours (MWh) — came from coal, natural...
Thursday, July 21st, 2011
Japanese map publisher Zenrin Co Ltd may acquire 24% stake for $30 Mn in CE Info Systems Pvt Ltd, which runs MapMyIndia.com, an online map service. The deal will value MapMyIndia at $125 Mn. If the deal...
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011
The expected construction boom in areas devastated by the March 11 disaster has arrived, but much grumbling is being heard despite the money pouring in from both the public and private sectors. Whispers of a "reconstruction bubble" are...
Friday, June 24th, 2011
As Japan works to rebound from the devastating earthquake and tsunami, leaders, planners and academics are working to put back the pieces and lay the groundwork for new development. Leaders are conscious of the world's attention, and...
Sunday, June 19th, 2011
On June 11, just three months after a massive quake of magnitude 9.1 and a mega-tsunami devastated the Tohoku-Pacific coastal areas, the Reconstruction Design Council, a government panel responsible for drawing up a blueprint for reconstruction of...
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
The mostly devastated coastal communities now face regular flooding, because of their lower elevation and damage to sea walls from the massive tsunamis triggered by the quake. In port cities such as Onagawa and Kesennuma, the tide flows...
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011
Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., as part of its effort to assist in the reconstruction following the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, has donated a TerraGo GeoPDF map atlas to the central Japanese government, disaster response headquarters and local...
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
When it comes to GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technology, Air Force Tech Sgt. and American Sentinel University student John Spence, understands the growing need for GIS professionals. Based in Tokyo, Japan, Spence is the chief of programs...
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
The scale of Japan's March 11 earthquake and tsunami wasn't the only thing that surprised geologists. The 9.0 earthquake in Japan — the fourth most powerful quake ever recorded — also caused an unusually severe and widespread shift in soil...
