Article: Steel house adds interesting mark to Hokkaido landscape; Entrepreneur creates a retreat on Japanese island ; Steel structure is built extra-strong so roof will withstand heavy snow

Article: Deserter Adjusting to Japanese Island
AP Online;  January 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... on an ordinary life: getting a steady job on the remote Japanese island that is now his home, making friends, visiting his elderly ... a small house on Sado, which is separated from the main Japanese island of Honshu by rough seas. The remote island once served ...

Article: Volcano Erupts on Japanese Island
AP Online;  August 12, 2002 ;     338 words ... ... omitted] TOKYO (AP) _ A volcano erupted on a deserted Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean Monday, spewing smoke and ash into ... Aug. 12, 2002. The volcano erupted on the deserted Japanese island Monday, spewing smoke and ash into the air for the first ...

Article: Small tsunami waves hit southern Japanese island ...
AP Worldstream;  March 31, 2002 ;     470 words ... ... and was centered 240 kilometers (149 miles) west of the Japanese island of Ishigaki near Taiwan. It occurred at 3:53 p.m ... 8 inches), hit the island of Yonaguni, the closest Japanese island to Taiwan. Alerts issued for the islands of Ishigaki ...

Article: Earthquake strikes Japanese island.(News)
The Mercury (South Africa);  July 24, 2008 ;     372 words ... ... a deadly tremor just a month ago. The earthquake, measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale, struck the north of the main Japanese island of Honshu while most people were sleeping, and cut off power to around 10 000 homes, officials said. "I've never felt ...

Article: Earthquakes jolt Japanese island // Dozens of ...
Chicago Sun-Times;  November 23, 1986 ;     487 words ...TOKYO Dozens of earthquakes shook a nearly abandoned Japanese island yesterday as lava from a spectacular volcanic eruption slowed down after threatening the main town and forcing more than 11,000 ...

Article: Stranded freighter near Japanese island catches ...
Xinhua News Agency;  November 26, 2002 ;     312 words ...Stranded freighter near Japanese island catches fire TOKYO, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- A freighter carrying 3,885 vehicles, which ran aground in October on the Japanese ...

Article: Thousands evacuated as Japanese island volcano ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 19, 2000 ;     677 words ...Thousands evacuated as Japanese island volcano erupts By GARY SCHAEFER Associated Press Saturday, August 19, 2000 Tokyo -- A newly reawakened volcano erupted Friday ...