Chieko Tsuneoka is a former reporter and researcher for The Wall Street Journal in Tokyo. She reported on a wide range of ...

It was history. On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake, magnitude 9.0, struck 80 miles off the Northeast Coast of Japan, generating a series ...

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, a major fault that runs offshore from Northern California to British Columbia, is best known ...

Unfounded rumors of a Japan disaster are going viral, triggering anxiety and keeping visitors away. The country's tourism ...

A rumor circulating in Hong Kong that a huge earthquake and tsunami will hit Japan this summer led to such a sharp drop in ...

A three-judge panel at Yokohama District Court found Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Krieger liable in a civil suit and ...

On March 27, 1964, the United States faced its most powerful earthquake since records began. Known as the Good Friday earthquake, it affected almost all of Alaska and caused the earth to shake for ...

Ishinomaki was one of the cities in Miyagi prefecture, north-eastern Japan, hit hardest by the earthquake and tsunami on ...

With a magnitude of 9.5, this is the strongest earthquake ever recorded. It caused massive destruction and triggered a powerful tsunami. A 9.1–9.3 magnitude earthquake struck on December 26, 2004. It ...

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Nagano Prefecture, central Japan, on Friday evening, causing minor disruptions but no major damage or casualties. This article delves into the details of the ...

Tokyo, Apr 18 (UNI) An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5 struck Japan''s Nagano Prefecture on Friday night, with no tsunami threat, according to the country''s weather agency.

A cherry blossom viewing party held here on March 30 was not a typical “hanami” event, given its theme of “avoiding death.” ...