ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi -- Ceremonies attended by bereaved relatives were held here and other areas to mark exactly 14 years since the tragedies of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March ...

Naganuma and others like him form a generation whose young lives were shaped by what is known in Japan as the triple disaster: a powerful earthquake that sparked a terrifying tsunami and the worst ...

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

Cornell-led researchers drilled 7 km deep into the Japan Trench to study the fault behind the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about what Japan will do with soil removed around the ...

The Japanese government released a report on March 31 highlighting just how catastrophic the effects of the next ‘megaquake’ ...

In the aftermath of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, which devastated vast areas of northeastern Japan, tsunami-affected communities faced difficult decisions in rebuilding. Recovery efforts ...

Although only an infant at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, Tomoya Onodera is among the young people picking up the mantle and passing on the lessons from the disaster ...

The 2011 Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami event, often referred to as the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami, resulted in over 18,000 dead, including several thousand victims who were never ...

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995 prompted the government to establish a nationwide network to monitor seismic ...