An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.2 jolted Fukushima Prefecture and nearby areas early on Jan. 23, the weather agency says.

The “Open Seminar” is a forum for dialogue between researchers and citizens on themes such as disaster prevention and ...

Japan's government and experts have issued a warning about the increasing likelihood of a mega-earthquake striking the nation ...

The Nankai Trough, where the Philippine Sea Plate is slipping under the Eurasia Plate at the bottom of the sea off the ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has called for continued caution over potential tremors and tsunamis despite a gradual ...

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

Rookies from the Rakuten Eagles visits Minamisanriku, one of the places devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled ...

Thousands of people marked on Friday the 30th anniversary of an earthquake that claimed more than 6,400 lives and levelled ...

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

The probability of a “megaquake” in Japan in the next 30 years has marginally increased, a government panel said, with a 75-82% chance of it happening.

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