Japan has experienced three major earthquakes in the past 100 years. In an era of frequent natural disasters, Japan’s unique ...

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

Nankai megathrust earthquakes are considered a top priority of Japan’s disaster management strategy and the government has introduced schemes to prepare for a potential blowout. One of the most ...

An earthquake preparation event was held on Friday at the British School in Tokyo. After receiving a lecture about earthquake mechanisms and the safety of the school building, some 110 pupils attended ...

Tremors in the Nankai Trough, south of Kobe, have increased recently as seismologists flag higher risks of a major quake in ...

KOBE, Japan ... earthquake that killed over 6,400 people, with many hoping to keep alive the memories as the devastating event continues to teach the importance of enhancing preparedness in the ...

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

TOKYO -- Since a massive earthquake devastated the city of Kobe in 1995, shelters remain unequipped to accommodate at least 530,000 evacuees if a similar disaster were to occur in the same region ...

Japan is no stranger to the catastrophic power of natural disasters, with the Noto earthquake a little over a year ago being one of the latest in a long list of calamities to hit the country.

"The Great Hanshin Earthquake is the starting point of Japan's earthquake disasters, as the know-how built up from the disaster helped us," he said, expressing gratitude to city officials and ...

Following the Noto Peninsula earthquake ... Mini trucks have been utilized in natural disasters nationwide. Following the Jan. 1 Noto Peninsula quake, the Japan Car Sharing Association provided ...

The newly enacted Natural Disaster Victims Relief Law introduced ... practiced in Sendai in response to the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake. This method involves assessing the specific situation ...