Only about 15 percent of Japan’s 25,000 facilities that are considered vital in times of disaster are connected to earthquake-resistant water supply and sewer pipes, a land ministry survey ...

Wildfires have hit several regions in western Japan, injuring at least two people, forcing dozens of residents to evacuate ...

Japan has outlined a response plan for a potential major disaster if Mount Fuji erupts, despite no current signs of volcanic ...

Spatial economics is a relatively new area of economics, aiming to comprehensively analyze the spatial structures of economic activities that result from interactions between people and companies.

File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake off the southwest coast of Hokkaido. (Photo Credit Kyodo) SENDAI (Japan), ...

A year after a natural disaster, the resilient artisans of Japan’s Noto Peninsula are forging ahead—with great help from the ...

Inspired by DMAT’s framework, the Disaster Welfare Assistance Team (DWAT), initially established during the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, was activated for the first time from all prefectures.

Fourteen years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima nuclear disaster, Japan is still dealing with the ...

The coastline here is as beautiful as it is battered, in a region that has traditionally seen few tourists. But that’s ...

The delivery of food and water to people was also delayed. Last August, a team of officials from Mie in central Japan ... about disaster preparedness from those who experienced the quake firsthand.