In 2012, the Japanese government funded the multi-institute Tohoku Ecosystem ... baseline data for assessing tsunami impacts. The impact varied not only by location and species, but also by ...

Create tsunami-resilient communities through an early warning and tsunami observation network In Japan, higher tsunamis than those envisaged in each of the regional disaster management plans struck ...

Port disruptions are costly—very costly. While the 2011 Tohoku tsunami caused about $12 billion in damages to port facilities and vessels, the ensuing port disruptions resulted in a loss in ...

The agency has urged residents in the Tohoku ... tremors and tsunami. On Feb. 13, 2021, a magnitude-7.3 quake with a maximum intensity of upper 6 occurred at almost the same location.