An ice show event hosted by professional figure skater and back-to-back Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu began in this ...

Drought in the mountainous areas of central and northeastern Japan is contributing to the spread of forest fires on a scale ...

Navigating earthquakes is a tricky part of living in Japan. In the average year, Japanese people are shaken around 1,500 times. While most of these are minor shakes, experts say Japan is due for a ...

Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

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.

Jakarta is one of the largest cities in the world and one of the most earthquake-prone. It is located within the Pacific Ring ...

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds ...

Yamaoka said that area has long been prone to seismic activity, but the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 has increased the likelihood of major temblors occurring there.

Solar heat may influence earthquakes and their timings by altering rock brittleness and underground water movement.

Japan’s top court has found two former company executives not guilty of negligence over the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant disaster and the subsequent deaths of dozens of elderly residents ...