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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Nov. 16 marked 5,000 days since the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami devastated the northeastern Tohoku region. The disaster also ... enough food and water for 33 residents over ...

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

The 1000-kilometer trail that hugs Tohoku’s Pacific coastline offers hikers some incredible natural scenery and dramatic ...

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 ...