Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

Japan has experienced three major earthquakes in the past 100 years. In an era of frequent natural disasters, Japan’s unique ...

A foundation that has helped this city recover from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster will donate a winery to local ...

Japanese contemporary artist Yoshitomo Nara has teamed up to create a line of merchandise and the official poster for FireAid ...

Thousands of paper and bamboo lanterns were placed at Kobe East Park to form the date ... a victim of the magnitude-9.0 quake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011. "The Great ...

Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government believe that the odds of a big one are creeping upwards. According to Japan ...

Thousands of paper and bamboo lanterns were placed at Kobe East Park to ... 9.0 quake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011. "The Great Hanshin Earthquake is the starting ...

It destroyed or damaged over 36,000 houses in southern Honshu and Shikoku, while a further 2,100 properties were washed away by 6-meter-high (20-foot) tsunami ... 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ...

including the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake and the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, through news on TV and in newspapers had “an impact or changed my thoughts and actions regarding ...

Last August, the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA) issued its first mega quake advisory under rules drawn up after the devastating Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of 2011. It said that the ...

a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the Hyuga-nada Sea off the coast of Kyushu Island, southwestern Japan, at a depth of 18.6 miles (30 kilometers). A tsunami advisory was also issued for Miyazaki ...

NHK said a tsunami, estimated to be as high as 1 meter (3.2 feet ... the southwestern main island, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. The agency initially gave the depth as 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) ...