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Japan Tsunami Debris Starts Washing Up in Canada

After the earthquake that rocked Japan and the subsequent tsunami that destroyed homes and flooded city streets, tons and tons of debris washed out to sea. The tsunami debris has crossed the ocean and is now starting to wash ... continue

6.7 Magnitude Earthquake Rattles Japan

Early Thursday morning, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, 54 miles southeast of Hachinohe, according to reports by the U.S. Geological Survey. The Japan Meteorological Agency initially issued a tsunami warning for ... continue

Songs For Japan Earns $5 Million For Relief Efforts

Songs For Japan, the charity album to benefit Japan Earthquake efforts has raised more than $5 million since being released. The album features some of today's biggest stars and has sold more than 500,000 albums since dropping ... continue

Lady Gaga Headlining MTV Japan Charity Concert

Lady Gaga is lending a hand or rather her voice to the people of Japan who have been effected by the countries recent 9.0-magnitude earthquake and following tsunami. The hitmaker will headline the 10th annual MTV Video ... continue

Final Season Of ’24′ Won’t Air In Japan

Kiefer Sutherland's hit series 24 won't be showing the final season in Japan since much of the series' final season deals with radiation poisoning. You may recall that the final season surrounds the son of a Russian terrorist ... continue

Apple Absorbs iPad 2 Component Change Costs Caused By Japan Earthquake

On Wednesday Apple announced that they will absorb supplier costs caused by the need for components changes due to the Japan earthquake and proceeding tsunami. According to DigiTimes, Apple's strategy is to gain priority supply placement that other ... continue

Donations To Japan Roll In From U.S But Less Than Haiti, Katrina

Japan could be footing more of their own clean up bill and other recovery efforts simply because many people in the United States believe that a developed, high-tech country like Japan can afford to pay for their ... continue

Japanese Workers Fix Earthquake Demolished Road In Days [Pic]

In the United States and many other parts of the world, simply adding a road can take months of planning, following by city council meetings, various construction bids and tons of other bureaucratic red tape to ... continue

Game companies dig deep, donate to Japan relief efforts

Some of the biggest names in Japanese gaming have stumped up gigantic wads of cash to assist relief efforts in Japan, after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the country last week. According to Andriasang, some of ... continue

Japan Earthquake Brings Country To A Standstill, Cripples Rail System

For all it's super-modern architecture and technology even Japan couldn't help but come to a standstill on Friday after the country was hit by a magnitude 8.9 earthquake that later led to a Tsunami. The country has been ... continue

Second 6.6 quake hits near Tokyo, no immediate reports of damage

A second strong earthquake has hit Japan, this time in a totally different location than the earlier 8.9 magnitude quake that was followed by deadly tsunamis. The 6.6 magnitude quake was felt in Tokyo, but no initial reports ... continue

US Navy Ready To Assist With Japan Earthquake Recovery Efforts

As a key base region for the US Navy there are currently approximately 38,000 US Troops stationed in the region alongside 43,000 US family members and almost 3,000 Department of Defense civilians, so it would make perfect ... continue

Japan Earthquake Brings Tsunami Waves To U.S. Beaches

The 8.9-magnitude earthquake that hit Japan on Thursday night has brought mini tsunami sized waves to the US mainland and Hawaii. According to reports, waves began to surge slightly along the northern coast of California and before the ... continue

Report: 200 to 300 bodies discovered on beach in Sendai, Japan

Details are scant right now, but it appears the death toll from the earlier devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunamis in Japan has risen sharply with the discovery of 200 to 300 bodies on a beach ... continue

Hawaiians seek higher ground, tsunami warning reaches to 53 countries

Spokesman for the Honolulu Department of Emergency Management John M. Cummings III cautioned Hawaiians that the tsunami warning in the wake of the 8.9 magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunamis in Japan is "very, very serious" and warned that ... continue

Japan Tsunami Kills Possibly Hundreds

A Tsunami that followed the 8.9 earthquake in Japan earlier today has killed possibly hundreds of people. Footage of the tsunami shows water flooding across massive areas of rural Japan, as well as some metropolitan areas. ... continue

Massive 8.9 Earthquake Hits Japan

A massive 8.9 earthquake hit Japan Friday afternoon (local time) causing widespread flooding and damage across the Japanese islands, including Tokyo. The quake hit at 2:46pm local time (5:46 UTC) and resulted in tsunamis that inundated large parts ... continue

Strong earthquake rattles Tokyo

A strong earthquake with an epicenter 192 miles from Tokyo rattled the Japanese capital Sunday night local time. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the earthquake has a preliminary reading of 6.9, although the USGS is currently ... continue

6.3 earthquake rattles Northern and Central Japan

An earthquake with a preliminary reading of 6.4 6.3 rattled homes in northern and central Japan Friday. The earthquake struck at 12:30pm local time, and had an epicenter to the south of Hokkaido Island, and to the North ... continue