Such a jolt could potentially have a devastating 8-9 magnitude, trigger colossal tsunamis and kill several hundred thousand ...

It's these little things that truly add up to grief, and it is of course universal, which is surely why a series of monuments to the experience called "wind phones" have cropped up around the world.

Sasaki's baseball career to this point has been marked by transcendent highs and complicated lows. His life story may help explain why.

Roki Sasaki and his family were victims of the devastating tsunami that swept through Japan's northeast coast in 2011.

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