Emergency alerts issued in the event of earthquakes off the Pacific coast of central Japan are expected to experience delays ...

A research team from University of Tsukuba and collaborating institutions has clarified why M9-class megathrust earthquakes recur off the Kamchatka Peninsula with an unusually short cycle of 73 years.

Japan shut down 54 reactors after the Fukushima meltdown, but momentum has gathered under Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi to turn them back on to meet surging demand from AI data centres and to bring ...

Despite public opposition and the memory of the Fukushima disaster, Japan's government has approved a new energy plan aiming ...

The operator of a nuclear power plant in central Japan received whistleblower reports regarding alleged manipulation of quake-resista ...

KOBE - Survivors and residents on Saturday shared their grief and memories of the calamity wrought by the major earthquake that killed over 6,400 people in Kobe and the wider western Japan region in ...

India, Jan. 23 -- The Japanese manga artist Ryo Tatsuki, known as "Japan's Baba Vanga," has her 1999 book The Future I Saw to present her dreams, which predict events that will occur in 2026. Her ...

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 ...

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 ...

ISHIGAKI, Japan, Jan 27 (Reuters) - Hitoshi Nakama, 76, sees himself as a frontline defender of Japan's claims to disputed ...

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A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shook the North Bay early Thursday morning shortly after midnight, waking up people across the region. The quake, centered in a rural area five miles east of Cloverdale in ...