The Environment Ministry plans to release crested ibises next year in central Japan's earthquake-hit Noto region to ...

The quake prompted worry among many Kyushu residents, especially those of the prefecture, as an M7.1 temblor hit the area in August last year and led the Japan Meteorological Agency to issue a ...

A "megaquake" hitting Japan in the next 30 years could trigger 100-foot tsunamis and kill hundreds of thousands of people.

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

According to Japanese mythology, the thrashing of a giant subterranean catfish causes the earthquakes that wreak havoc on the ...

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 ...

Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of ...

Under the new plan, for example, the prefectural governments of Toyama, Fukushima and Shimane will send officials to Shizuoka ...

Experts have cautioned that while small tremors help release some energy, they don’t eliminate the risk of a major quake.