World News by Wild Rose

Travel companies in southern Japan are pinning their hopes on a business revival following a planned visit by Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to the areas hardest hit by a major earthquake this summer. The imperial couple is scheduled to meet communities in Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday, speaking with families who lost their homes and businesses and are currently living in temporary accommodation. The prefecture was at the epicentre of the magnitude 7.1 quake that struck Kyushu island on...

Tokyo, Sept. 29 (Jiji Press)--A planned visit by Japanese Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako to areas affected by a powerful earthquake in July in Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, has been postponed to Wednesday, the Imperial Household Agency said Tuesday. The one-day trip, initially planned for Tuesday, was postponed due to unfavorable weather in Kumamoto, as travel by a Self-Defe...

District Disaster Management Cell chief Vivekanand Kadam said there was no injury or damage after a 3.6-magnitude tremor struck Talasari area

Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Sept. 18 (Jiji Press)--A section on the Kyushu Shinkansen bullet train line that had been halted due to the impact of a major earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture in late July returned to service on Friday. All sections on the high-speed train line linking Hakata Station in Fukuoka Prefecture in the Kyushu southwestern Japan region and Kagoshima-Chuo Station in Kago...

La Peñita, Venezuela — Three months on since twin earthquakes rocked northern Venezuela, some rural communities are still waiting for government help.  On June 24, the northern state of La Guaira was leveled by 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes that struck seconds apart. Experts estimated that as many as 80% of buildings in the state […] The post La Peñita: A rural village remains overlooked 3 months after Venezuela’s earthquakes appeared first on Latin America Reports.

Rikuzentakata, Iwate Pref., Sept. 14 (Jiji Press)--Japanese Crown Prince Akishino and his son, Prince Hisahito, on Sunday and Monday visited areas in northeastern Japan that were hit hard by a massive earthquake and tsunami 15 years ago. It was Prince Hisahito's first trip to an area devastated by the 2011 disaster. On Sunday, they visited a facility in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, that...

Kumamoto, Sept. 11 (Jiji Press)--Kumamoto Prefecture will launch a travel discount campaign on Tuesday to stimulate tourism demand following a powerful earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture in July, Governor Takashi Kimura said Friday. The discounts will apply to overnight stays in Kumamoto between Oct. 1 and Dec. 25. "We want many people to visit Kumamoto," Kimura sai...

One month after the 7.4 magnitude Chocó earthquake, Colombia counts 321 dead, more than 1,300 aftershocks and eleven reconstruction decrees. The post A Month After Colombia’s Earthquake, 321 Dead and 1,300 Aftershocks appeared first on The Rio Times.

Tokyo, Sept. 9 (Jiji Press)--Japanese manga artist Tetsuya Chiba, best known for his "Ashita no Joe" series, and others have started a crowdfunding campaign to deliver temporary housing to people displaced by a massive earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, in July. "We need your help," the 87-year-old said on the website of the campaign that is scheduled to run unt...

Colombia's wealthiest businessmen flew to Quibdó with the president to plan Chocó earthquake reconstruction, a month after the 10 August quake. The post Colombia’s Richest Fly to Quibdó to Plan Chocó Earthquake Rebuild appeared first on The Rio Times.

Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Sept. 7 (Jiji Press)--A major earthquake that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in July has caused the cancellation of the highlight of a festival in Yatsushiro, a city in the southwestern Japan prefecture, that dates back to the Edo period (1603-1868). Yatsushiro Myokensai is the annual autumn festival of Yatsushiro Shrine, usually held in late November. It features the "...

Kumamoto, Sept. 2 (Jiji Press)--While a shopping mall explosion and areas struggling with water outages following a massive earthquake in Kumamoto Prefecture in late July have made major headlines, people in some quake-affected areas in the southwestern Japan prefecture are concerned about the lack of media coverage on their damage. There have been differences among areas in the amount of d...

Edward's father is a political prisoner. His girlfriend died in the earthquake. Now, he wants change. The post Anger, grief and hope: How one Venezuelan teenager is navigating injustice and earthquake grief appeared first on Latin America Reports.

La Guaira, Venezuela –– About a dozen women were waiting to be seen at the McDonald’s in Caraballeda, a town in La Guaira that was hit hard by Venezuela’s duel earthquakes on June 24.   In late August, at one of his makeshift clinics that moved around to different locations in La Guaira, Dr. Alejandro Pazos […] The post The doctor treating women at ground zero of Venezuela’s earthquake devastation appeared first on Latin America Reports.