Japan uses satellites to track disasters
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Japan launched a satellite-based alert system Friday that will instantly send warnings of tsunamis and updates on volcanic activity to help speed evacuations, an emergency official said.
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The United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.
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The warning system worked perfectly. From sensors far offshore, Japanese meteorologists detected a tsunami headed toward the southern island of Ishigaki in March 2002 and quickly warned residents of the possible danger.
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Rescuers were searching through rubble for survivors on Thursday after Japan&#39;s deadliest typhoon in a decade triggered floods and landslides that killed at least 44 people and left 36 missing.
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It's the year 2020, and space has never been so busy. Picture this:In Earth orbit, a robotic maintenance ship skitters from one weather satellite to another, upgrading powerful optics that help meteorologists track dangerous storms.
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All across Asia officials are counting the terrible toll from a powerful earthquake and tidal waves that have devastated the region.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi surveyed the earthquake damage in northern Japan on Tuesday, meeting people camped out in a high-school gymnasium after the nation&#39;s deadliest earthquakes in nearly a decade killed 31 people and injured as many as 2,900.
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Japan is preparing a set of high-level   alert procedures to follow in the event of a nuclear power   plant accident abroad, out of concern that North Korea may   carry out an underground nuclear test, Kyodo News said on   Saturday, citing government sources.
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Scientists give details of a Japanese mission to investigate colossal explosions on the surface of the Sun.
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A government panel Wednesday approved plans to send a weather satellite into Earth's orbit by February 2005, in the first scheduled launch for Japan's troubled space program since late last year, an official said.
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A Japanese government panel has approved plans to send two spy satellites into Earth's orbit beginning next year, a media report said Wednesday.    If confirmed, the missions would be the first since late 2003 for Japan's ailing space program, which has suffered a slew of launch and mission failures...
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Ion engines might enable homecoming Japanese scientists will next month attempt to guide the country's sickly Hyabusa probe back to Earth, New Scientist reports.â¦
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LOS ANGELES -- Insurance companies are using satellites to identify homes at high risk of fire damage because of their proximity to brush - a development that alarms some state regulators and privacy advocates.
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Japan launches a rocket carrying its third spy satellite, increasing its ability to monitor North Korea.
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Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi headed to northern Japan on Tuesday to survey the damage wrought by the deadliest earthquakes to hit the country in nearly a decade, while the death toll from the quakes rose to 31.
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TOKYO - Japan operates four information-gathering satellites, launched after North Korea's test-launch of missiles, without having registered them with the United Nations as an international treaty requires.
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KASHIWAZAKI, Japan, July 17 -- Officials said Tuesday that the previous day's powerful earthquake tipped over barrels of nuclear waste at a power plant, and they were investigating whether there were any radioactive leaks.