A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami ...

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 ...

The owner recalled handing out food from his Lawson convenience store following the 1995 earthquake and ensuring it was open ...

People have soaked in frigid water in Ishikawa Prefecture to pray for a healthy year and reconstruction of areas hit by last ...

"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 ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide ... during and after an earthquake in Japan. If you’re on public transport: Follow the same guidelines outlined ...

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

A strong earthquake measuring a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has rattled southwestern Japan. The Japan Meteorological Agency said Monday that tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, ...

The Tohoku earthquake — the strongest recorded in Japan, at a magnitude of 9.1 — and resulting tsunami killed more than 18,000 and remains the costliest natural disaster to date. Rikuzentakata ...

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

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation ...

After the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan and subsequent meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, 3,802 disaster-related ... electricity and water supplies as ...