Similarities between the March 16 earthquake and a temblor that rattled the Tohoku region in February ... struck the same area just two minutes before the magnitude-7.4 earthquake.

Tohoku Shinkansen facilities were heavily damaged at about 1,200 locations in the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, that generated devastating tsunami in coastal areas.

In March 2011, Japan was hit by the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake, resulting in enormous damage ... Awarded D.Eng. by University of Tokyo. Before taking his current position, appointed ...

Just days ahead of the anniversary of the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated swathes of northeast Japan, there is growing concern that a new series of moderate quakes off the east ...