The district was engulfed by waves more than 10 meters high when the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake struck ... He opposed building a massive tsunami wall, a sentiment shared by most ...

Shizuoka Prefecture--Construction is complete on one of the biggest breakwaters in Japan, a massive seawall built alongside coastal areas here to prevent flooding in the event of a tsunami.

Along the shoreline of northeast Japan, a 400-kilometer sea wall has been built to protect people living in the region from future tsunami disasters. In the coastal community of Shinhama ...

Japan endured the strongest earthquake in its recorded history followed by a severe tsunami. The Tohoku tsunami involved ...

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan, causing massive destruction and over 18,000 deaths.

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people ... don’t wait for an official tsunami evacuation. Head to high ground. You can check your portable ...

He said he "grabbed the sea wall to stay upright" before heading ... The 9.0-magnitude earthquake which hit Japan in 2011 resulted in a tsunami - which tore through the country's north-eastern ...

It triggered a tsunami which swept over Japan's main island of Honshu ... The water overwhelmed the defensive sea wall, flooding the plant and knocking out the emergency generators.

And this could cause a massive tsunami like the one that hit northeastern Japan back in 2011 ... Fix your furniture to a ceiling or wall so it doesn't fall over, or else move it to a safe place ...

The Climate reporter Hiroko Tabuchi is interested in all the things we take for granted about our environment.