Under the new plan, for example, the prefectural governments of Toyama, Fukushima and Shimane will send officials to Shizuoka ...

Morishita Erika's broadcasting career includes stints at NHK's Fukui and Sendai bureaus before coming to the Tokyo ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...

Experts have cautioned that while small tremors help release some energy, they don’t eliminate the risk of a major quake.

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

The Government of Japan has been promoting startups to boost innovation and growth, and the pool of potential unicorns, those ...