Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

In the aftermath of the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, collapsed buildings blocked rescue efforts and ...

A large Wajima-nuri lacquerware globe, which escaped being damaged in the Noto Peninsula Earthquake last year, will be ...

Naomi Osaka beat Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open, becoming Asia's first No. 1 ranked player in tennis.

Japan’s plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall.

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation from intense heat due to metamorphism. Researchers tackled this by using ...

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling network of trains, subways, and buses, often considered the best in the ...

Japan intensified its scientific efforts to survey active faults and publicly disseminate seismic risk information in the ...

This photo taken on Jan 21 2025 shows damaged buildings after an earthquake in Tainan City southeast China Taiwan ...

While Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake that killed 6,434 people, there are concerns that the sense of community among some victims of the disaster could be ...

However, in a Nikkei survey conducted in December, 64% of respondents expressed concern that the current political turmoil in ...