A new study from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean has partly revealed why the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami were so devastating—and how scientists may be able to better understand intense disasters ...

Japan is on high alert as experts now warn there's a 90% chance of a massive earthquake striking off the coast of Hokkaido within the next 30 years. This megaquake, expected to hit between magnitude 7 ...

Jan. 17 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1871, Andrew Hallidie received a patent for a cable car system that went into service in San Francisco in 1873. In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was ...

NARITA, Chiba -- The operator of Narita Airport, east of Tokyo, has conducted a trial of a clothing compression machine to prevent people abandoning suitcases at its terminals. This initiative by ...

Geologists from Heriot-Watt are part of an international research team that has confirmed why the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake off northeast Japan behaved in such an extreme and destructive way. The study, ...

In Wajima, Japan, where hundreds of homes and studios were destroyed, master-class artisans are struggling to keep lacquer alive and nurture the next generation of creators. Master artisans in Wajima ...

Japan is reviving nuclear power, balancing the need for more clean energy against the lingering trauma of the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi disaster. Fifteen years after a nuclear plant disaster, Japan is ...

Debris and mud cover a city in Japan flattened by a massive tsunami in March 2011, caused by the energy released by a ...