Geography of Japan

Japanese rescuers were digging through the rubble of buildings and mud on April 16 to reach dozens believed trapped after a powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck a southern island, killing at least 26 people and injuring about a thousand.

BELGRADE - About 69,000 people have been evacuated in Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture located on the island of Kyushu after numerous powerful earthquakes, local media reported Saturday.

All state schools in the prefecture's capital were used as evacuation centers, the national NHK broadcaster said.

At least two people died and 19 houses collapsed after an earthquake struck southern Japan late Thursday, authorities said. An unknown number of people were still trapped under collapsed buildings Thursday night, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said.

A tribute of BBC travel to underwater cities refers to the 5,000-year-old Pavlopetri submerged city located in southern Greece’s Peloponnese region.

Disastrous floods have left three dead and dozens missing in eastern Japan, authorities said on Sept.11 as thousands of rescuers were deployed to evacuated trapped residents from an inundated city north of Tokyo. 

A small plane crashed into a quiet neighborhood in Tokyo on July 26, killing the pilot, a passenger and a woman on the ground, while three people were pulled alive from the wreckage, firefighters and TV reported.

When almost 600 Ottoman sailors lost their lives in far-off Japan in 1890, few at the time would have thought that the tragedy would usher in more than a century of friendship.

The death toll from devastating midweek landslides in Hiroshima rose to 50 on Sunday as fresh rain stoked fears of more disasters and hampered the round-the-clock search for survivors.
      

Floods and landslides following torrential rain in western Japan have killed at least two people and prompted one city to advise more than 80,000 people to flee their homes, officials said Sunday.
      
One man was confirmed dead in Kyoto city early Sunday after he was swept away by a flooded river while trying to build a sandbag barrier, Kyoto prefectural officials said.

Minor tsunami hit the northern Japanese coastline early Saturday, including in a city near the Fukushima nuclear plant, reports Japan Times. 

It was caused by a strong 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast.There were no immediate reports of damage, however, and authorities lifted all advisories roughly two hours later.