Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes western Aichi at intensity 5-upper; no tsunami
The quake, centered in western Shizuoka at a depth of about 40 km, was felt in Shiga, southern Kyoto and Osaka, and as far as Tokyo and Saitama.
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Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes Aichi, and an expert says the Nankai warning is not the whole story
A Nagoya University professor says the quake was not on the Nankai Trough boundary, but that a bigger one could still come — and that today is the day to check your home.
Magnitude 5.7 quake shakes Aichi, tops out at upper 5 in Chita
The quake struck at about 1:04 a.m. on the 8th with its epicenter in western Shizuoka. No tsunami is expected.
As school clubs move to community teams, a gap opens between kids whose families can pay and those who cannot
Kakegawa and Kobe have already shifted club activities out of public middle schools. A Nagoya University sociologist says children are splitting into three groups — and cost is starting to decide who keeps playing.
Chubu Electric president apologizes to Hamaoka town assembly over data falsification
The company says it will rebuild itself after a business improvement order from the industry ministry, but residents in the host town say the explanation does not convince them.
Chubu Electric books ¥380bn loss as Hamaoka restart slips away
The utility told regulators it still wants to restart the plant. Its accounts now treat the reactors as a write-off, and an accounting expert says the books read as a retreat.
Decommissioning fund body orders Chubu Electric to carry out preventive measures over Hamaoka billing
The body that manages decommissioning money issued its first recommendation since it began the work in 2024, after Chubu Electric overstated costs at Hamaoka.
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