Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency lifted a tsunami warning late Monday following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck off the coast of southwest Japan. The earthquake, which occurred shortly after 9:19 ...

As a result, Japan has been honing its earthquake preparedness for many decades. After a series of natural disasters following World War II, Japan enacted the Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act in ...

Workers in southwestern Japan on Tuesday worked to clear a road blocked by a small landslide and repair underground water pipes a day after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the region.

The earthquake that struck Japan on New Year ... LGBT+ people found themselves marginalized from Japan’s state-run disaster relief – so they created their own alternatives.

The Japanese earthquake and tsunami that devastated the island country 10 years ago is considered one of the most powerful natural disasters ever recorded. Since then, experts have studied the ...

One year since the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, over 270 people have died from disaster-related secondary causes. Poor ...

Japan was hit by several natural disasters over its summer, including one of the country's worst flooding disasters in decades, an earthquake and a deadly typhoon. The disasters disrupted ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck southwestern Japan on Monday, with no immediate reports of injury or damage, and small tsunamis observed in part of Miyazaki ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are participating in Nankai Rescue, a U.S.-Japan disaster drill that kicked off Monday ...

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation ...