The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 ... Prefecture and upper 5 in parts of Tokyo to a barely perceptible 1 in Kyushu. There have been only five occasions when a level 7 was recorded ...

The Nankai Trough stretches from Shizuoka Prefecture to off the coast of Kyushu ... after the magnitude-7.6 earthquake “has never been observed before in Japan.” (This article was written ...

As reasons for the about-face, the government cited the need to ensure stable electricity supplies and secure carbon-free ...

During the Great East Japan Earthquake, the tsunami reached shore ... Takashi Sugiyama, an associate professor of disaster psychology at Kyushu University, warns that many municipalities lack ...

Japan's railways operate under a cost-plus ... we expect solid demand for JR Kyushu's modern, earthquake resistant apartments, and forecast occupancy to be high. The firm sold an average of ...

Unzen Jigoku (Unzen Hell Valley) – Follow the wooden path through Unzen Jigoku, a dramatic geothermal field where clouds of ...

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This is the fifth installment of a series that follows the waves of change taking place in Kyushu and nearby Yamaguchi and ...

Japan is considering deploying long-range missiles on the southwestern island of Kyushu as part of the country's efforts to acquire "counterstrike capabilities" to hit enemy targets in the event of an ...

Over 700 letters from Japanese students expressing appreciation for U.S. assistance for the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake are found to have been kept in the United States. A team of researchers from ...

North Korea warned Japan against deploying long-range missiles in the Kyushu region in March 2026, saying such attack capability will "bring about constant escalation of tension" in Northeast Asia, ...