Discover one of the three great views at this Japanese bay perfect for travelers who love natural wonders. Here's where to ...

Eleven explosive ordnance disposal divers from the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Sub Area Activity Okinawa unit set off the explosives underwater at 1 p.m., about 2,300 feet offshore from Shinko ...

It all began on March 11, 2011, when the most powerful earthquake ever, known as the Great East Japan Earthquake or the 2011 Tohoku earthquake, struck off the country’s eastern coast of Sendai in ...

Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...

In the lead-up to TC Alfred’s arrival, stable animals at the southern Gold Coast wildlife hospital were discharged to experienced wildlife carers, freeing up space for the most critical cases.

The following month, an appeal court decision saw Sendai High Court upholding the ruling of Sendai District Court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by residents who had sought for plant operations to be ...

Japan marks 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast and triggered a nuclear crisis, with residents in one of the hardest-hit areas again reeling ...

A five-year study of the Chishima Trench, which runs parallel to the east coast of Hokkaido about 150km (93 miles) offshore, has determined that the two plates are not slipping past each other.

File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake off the southwest coast of Hokkaido. (Photo Credit Kyodo) SENDAI (Japan), ...

Residents in public housing in Sendai, where many people who survived the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, live, are rapidly aging, and residents’ associations are ...

They did so due to the likelihood of a major earthquake causing widespread damage to the prefecture that sits on the dangerous Nankai Trough -- an ocean-floor trench along the Pacific coast where the ...

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Flooding rains lashed the Australian east coast even though it avoided the destructive winds of its first tropical cyclone in 51 years, officials said Saturday.