The major earthquake that jolted Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024, drew attention to the area’s severe issue of an aging and shrinking population, but efforts to revive the Anamizu ...

The Environment Ministry plans to release crested ibises in the quake-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture around early ...

Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to implement.

A Kyodo News survey showed Sunday that 50.1 percent of respondents gave high marks to the first in-person summit between ...

Countries around the world have experienced an uptick in natural disasters and home insurance costs, but each country has ...

The Environment Ministry plans to release crested ibises next year in central Japan's earthquake-hit Noto region to ...

Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of ...

Featuring over 90 exhibitors, live demonstrations, and interactive workshops to spotlight Japan's artisans. TOKYO, ...

The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

Since many of the damaged houses are traditional, picturesque buildings, concerns are rising that their demolition could ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.