Who Supports Disaster Rehabilitation? JRAT, Born from the Great East Japan Earthquake, and Its Operations in Kumamoto [A-15]

In the disaster response to the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake, the name JRAT can be seen alongside DMAT, DHEAT, JMAT, DPAT, and DWAT.JRAT stands for the Japan Rehabilitation Assistance Team.During a ...
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Japan earthquake: 7.1-magnitude quake strikes Kumamoto; how Japanese convenience stores become lifelines after such disasters

Japan’s Kumamoto got rocked by a 7.1-magnitude earthquake, and it’s the kind of crisis that pulls every thread of the country’s disaster response. You’ve got collapsed buildings, power outages, ...
The Straits Times

Japan’s major earthquakes in the past 15 years

TOKYO – A powerful earthquake struck southern Japan on July 28, leaving many presumed dead inside a partially collapsed shopping mall, thousands of houses without power, and factories suspended.

S5, E46: Five Questions for the Man Who Walked a Fault Line in Japan by Feel

On this episode of Unpacked, host Katherine LaGrave talks with Ryan Knighton about walking Japan's earthquake-scarred Noto Peninsula one year after the quake.
Stars and Stripes

US, Japan rehearse their response to feared Nankai Trough megaquake

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — U.S. and Japanese forces are rehearsing their response to a catastrophic Nankai Trough earthquake this week, testing how the allies would coordinate relief efforts during a ...