
Massive 6.9 magnitude earthquake shakes Japan’s Fukushima region
Early Tuesday morning, a 6.9 earthquake rocked coastal Japan, sending residents of Fukushima into a panic and raising...

Japanese sculpture memorializes 18,000 people dead or missing after the 2011 earthquake
The laminated stones stacked to create the curving walls represent the victims and are topped with a mirrored stainless...

Flat Pack Tables Fold into Origami Shelters in the Event of a Disaster
The immediate days after a disaster are the most critical since victims need supplies and materials ASAP. Rather...

New Report Predicts Deadly Earthquake and Tsunami for Pacific Northwest
A massive earthquake followed by a powerful tsunami is likely to hit the Pacific Northwest, a new study warns -...

Japanese Volleyball Appears to Be First of Tsunami Debris to Reach Alaska
The first identifiable pieces of debris to be washed across the Pacific Ocean in the wake of last year's tsunami...

Product Fitness 80: New MUJI Exhibition Showcases Elegant, Efficiently Designed Products in London
There is an old Japanese saying that goes "eat in measure and defy the doctor", which means that eating an adequate...

Bunaco Creates Striking Eco-Friendly Housewares From Strips of Beechwood
Japanese brand Bunaco uses environmentally friendly techniques to produce finely designed home products from ribbons...

Please Help Us Reach Our Goal of Donating $10,000 to Rebuild Japan!
YOUR CLICK COULD BE THE ONE THAT GETS US $10,000 TO REBUILD JAPAN! If you've been wanting to do something to...

Soil Studies from Japan's Earthquake Will Make Building Design Safer Worldwide
Japan's March 11th magnitude 9 Tohoku Earthquake -- which caused a tidal wave and the ensuing Fukushima Daiichi...

REBUILDING JAPAN: Architecture for Humanity Raises Hikado Marketplace from Tsunami Rubble
It's only been 3 months since a devastating earthquake and tsunami ripped through Japan, but the horrifying images...

Japanese Workers Told to Dress Casually to Save Energy
The recent Japanese earthquake and the resulting tsunami devastated the country, particularly its energy infrastructure....

Japan's Nuclear Reactor Springs a Leak, Engineers Try to Plug with Sawdust
Workers in Japan at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, which was damaged in the March 11th earthquake and...

XBox 360 Controllers Send Robots Into Fukushima Nuclear Plant
Yesterday, we reported thatfour reactors at the troubled Fukushima Nuclear Plant in Japan are being shutdown, but...

Japanese Engineers Unbelievably Repair Earthquake Ravaged Road in Only 6 Days
A road construction job that would have taken months in America has been finished in less than a week in Japan....

Shigeru Ban Develops Modular Shelter for Japanese Displaced By Earthquake
With thousands of Japanese displaced due to last week's earthquake and ensuing tsunami, many are currently forced...