The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the ...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and nearby areas early Thursday, the weather agency said.

Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2025, the eve of the 30th anniversary ...

An earthquake preparation event was held on Friday at the British School in Tokyo. After receiving a lecture about earthquake ...

In earthquake-hit areas of central Japan's Noto Peninsula, a man from Iwate Prefecture has been serving warm coffee to people ...

The expert mentioned poor environments at evacuation centers as one of the problems persisting since the Great Hanshin ...

Tremors in the Nankai Trough, south of Kobe, have increased recently as seismologists flag higher risks of a major quake in ...

The western Japan city of Kobe and nearby areas on Friday (Jan 17) marked the 30th anniversary of the magnitude 7.3 ...

Japan will introduce smaller emergency vehicles to reach remote disaster-hit areas after relief teams were unable to swiftly enter areas hit by a major earthquake in the Noto Peninsula last year, the ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.