where earthquakes are rare.” The panel’s report, released on Wednesday, also mentions that regions with a high probability of experiencing a megaquake in the next 30 years include the coast off Nemuro ...

A shocking study that a massive earthquake could trigger tsunami nearly 30 meters high across Pacific coastal regions from Hokkaido in the far north to Chiba Prefecture in eastern Japan are based ...

The season's most powerful cold air mass has been gripping Japan this week. As regions on the Sea of Japan coast are hit with ...

Hokkaido and other regions of Japan can expect to attract even more visitors from overseas, but they could be affected by earthquakes, typhoons and other natural disasters that Japan is prone to.

Japan's northern island of Hokkaido has been hit by a powerful earthquake, triggering landslides that engulfed houses. At least nine people have been killed and about 40 are missing, say local ...

As part of the disaster prevention measures approved by the Cabinet in 2018 in response to the Hokkaido earthquake, the land ministry urgently implemented measures to prevent manholes from ...