A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2025 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event, but triggered by a mineralogical shift in Earth’s mantle.

Emergency workers have been hampered by unstable ground since Tuesday, when a truck and its driver were swallowed north of ...

The sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on.

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

The owner recalled handing out food from his Lawson convenience store following the 1995 earthquake and ensuring it was open ...

Mark Beaulieu tells PEOPLE about setting up a wind phone and how his daughter's video about the sweet gesture has gone viral.

Rare video footage showing the Ground Self-Defense Force engaging in disaster relief operations at the time of the 1995 Great ...

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence in May 2015, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the ...

In response to reports of a Fuji Television Network Inc. employee's alleged involvement in a scandal surrounding entertainer ...

Japan will introduce smaller emergency vehicles to reach remote disaster-hit areas after relief teams were unable to swiftly enter areas hit by a major earthquake in the Noto Peninsula last year, the ...

Paper lanterns are lit at a park in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 16, 2025, the eve of the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin Earthquake that struck the city and its vicinity, ...

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation ...