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Priorities are infrastructure and services, restoring the Fraser River and floodplain, food security

At the sixth joint conference of the European Parliament's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) and the Kyoto-based Science and Technology in Society forum (STS forum) in Brussels, policy leaders and researchers from Europe and Japan underlined that they intend not only to continue, but to deepen cooperation in the research field.

MAJOR natural and man-made disasters cost the Philippines half a trillion pesos in the past 10 years, according to data released by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA). Based on the Compendium of Philippine Environment Statistics Component 4 on Extreme Events and Disasters, PSA data showed these disasters cost the country…

At a time of growing risks and vulnerabilities, UN Women recognizes the urgent need to optimize the work of the next seven years of the Sendai Framework’s implementation to achieve gender-responsive disaster risk reduction. In this context, UN Women is working to foreground the needs of women and girls and support their full engagement at all levels of decision-making related to disaster risk reduction.  

Police in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, have arrested a 25-year-old male nurse on suspicion of stealing approximately 100,000 yen in cash from a male patient at a hospital. According to police, the theft occurred between 5 p.m. on June 22 and 3 a.m. on June 25 at the ...

Meet the world-famous Chinese pianist Yuja Wang, and discover some of her best recordings

Tohoku University ranked first for the fourth consecutive year in the Japan University Rankings released in March by Times Higher Education, a British specialist journal.

WAKAYAMA -- A demonstration event for a pedal-powered wheelchair that can be used by people with severe physical disabilities and those who have diffi

G20 Global Land Initiative Coordination Office, PEDRR and UNDRR collaborate to discuss the intersection of land restoration, climate change and disaster resilience.

Meeting between MAI leadership and World Bank representatives on loans granted to the Ministry. The status of the loans granted by the World…