This map shows the locations of Japan's 17 major nuclear power plants ... initially estimated at up to 3.2 feet high, reached land within 30 minutes of the earthquake. At Miyazaki Port, however ...

The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea defines an island as a “naturally formed area of land ... meters or longer on paper maps, according to the Japan Coast Guard, the author ...

Average land prices in Japan’s regional areas rose for the first time in 31 years, thanks to thriving major cities outside the three largest metropolitan areas, according to a land ministry ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.