Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the southwest of the country. The public ...

Japan will introduce smaller emergency vehicles to reach remote disaster-hit areas after relief teams were unable to swiftly enter areas hit by a major earthquake in the Noto Peninsula last year, the ...

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation following earthquakes and other natural disasters, according to a recent tally by ...

The western city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 earthquake that killed 6 ...

The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has increased to approximately 80 percent, the government's earthquake investigation panel said Wednesday.

Sasaki's home town of Rikuzentakata was virtually wiped off the map when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake sent huge waves ...

Japan, the United States, Australia and India are arranging to hold a meeting of their top diplomats in the United States on Jan 21, timing it around the inauguration of Donald Trump as U.S. president ...

Japan on Wednesday marked one year since a powerful earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan, leaving at least 500 dead, including those who succumbed to health issues afterward, as ...

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The weather agency also warned that accumulated snow could cause houses damaged by the magnitude-7.6 earthquake on Jan. 1, 2024, in the Noto Peninsula in central Japan to collapse. In the 24 hours ...