Earthquake Hits Off Coast of Japan Hours Ago A major earthquake hit off the southern coast of Japan on February 7, causing unknown injury and damage according to FoxNews.com. ... Toyota recall costing company big...Obama off to N.H...."don't ask, don't tell" study to start NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — Toyota's recalled gas pedal problem is costing the automaker some $155 million a week in lost sales. And it's too soon to estimate how ... Emergency summit to co-ordinate Haiti aid Officials from a host of countries and international organisations meet in Montreal, Canada, on Monday to discuss plans for the reconstruction of Haiti, ... Japan to send 5 million dollars in grants to quake-hit Haiti_English_Xinhua TOKYO, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Japan will send 5 million dollars in grants and 30 million yen (330000 dollars) in aid to Haiti as the nation struggles to cope ... Fast, Full & Factual The 1995 Kobe, Japan, earthquake has clearly demonstrated that preparedness of emergency plans in the hospitals alone does not make any sense, unless there ... Video of the day « Don Surber And, if you compared this earthquake to Japan's earthquake, you'd conclude the Japanese got off luckier because they're shorter people. ... Confronting the cost of dams (1) Reservoir-induced disasters in Japan are draining the public purse and ruining the countryside. It is time for wiser planning, argues Masano Atsuko. ... Japanese Civilian and Self Defense Force Medical Experts Help Victims at the Epicenter of Haiti's Earthquake Japanese civilian and military medical personal are continuing to work around the clock at the epicenter of Haiti's earthquake to help survivors of the worst natural disaster to hit the Caribbean country in two centuries. A 25-strong team from the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) system arrived shortly after the tremor struck earlier this month killing well over 100,000 people according to government figures and began work in the rubble of the town of Leogane, several miles from the capital of Port au Prince, and which was at the very heart of the tremor. The United Nations said that between 80-90 % of the town, which had a population of 134,000 before the disaster, was in ruins. The JDR...

‘Shaking Table’ at Phivolcs helps Pinoys prepare for quakes Japan's Earthquake-Defense or E-Defense, the largest in the world, was developed after the 1995 Kobe earthquake. Japan's shaking table measures 65 feet by ...