The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant upgrades to the plan to safeguard the public in the event of a major ...

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly ...

Japan's new earthquake-sensing nervous system spans ocean fault zones, boosting tsunami warnings by up to 20 minutes and ...

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...

Japan's weather agency said Monday it is assessing the possibility of tsunami reaching the country after a large volcanic ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

A 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Monday afternoon, triggering a tsunami alert and prompting an official warning to residents to evacuate affected coastal areas as soon as possible.

A 1999 manga prediction about a July 5 tsunami has sparked fear in Japan. Experts deny scientific basis, but tourism and ...

Japan dropped its highest-level tsunami alert, issued following a series of major earthquakes, but told residents of coastal areas not to return to their homes as deadly waves could still come.

WIDER IMAGE: Japan's tsunami survivors call lost loves on the phone of the wind. In Rikuzentakata, a city that lost almost a tenth of its population in the tsunami, a 12.5-meter ...

Asia; Japan’s Tsunami and Nuclear Disaster Unleashed a $300 Billion Effort to Rebuild a Hinterland The cost of reconstruction has almost doubled in the 10 years since the disaster, as the area ...

The Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011, also known as the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami or the Great Tohoku earthquake, was a natural disaster that shook northeastern Japan on March 11, 2011.