Recent tsunami alerts in Japan have revealed how quickly nature's power can strike, even after the 2011 disaster. In 2025, ...

In a remarkable effort to enhance its coastal protection, Japan is planting over 680,000 native trees through the Chinju no Mori Project. This initiative, which complements existing concrete seawalls ...

More than 30 Japanese prefectural police forces in areas vulnerable to tsunami triggered by major earthquakes have established evacua ...

The 7.1-magnitude earthquake that rattled Japan's Kumamoto prefecture in July 2026 killed dozens and caused widespread damage ...

After the 2011 Tōhoku disaster, Japan built massive coastal defenses meant to face the ocean head-on. The 50-foot tsunami wall shows both the power of modern engineering and the limits of trying to ...

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture in Kyushu, prompting a tsunami warning for a 1-meter wave and emergency alerts from the Japanese government.

A major earthquake in Japan's southwest killed at least 13 people and left several injured or missing after a shopping center and a paper mill were heavily damaged.

A 7.1-magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan's Kumamoto prefecture on July 28, knocking out power to thousands of homes, rupturing roads and leaving some trapped and others presumed dead inside a ...

The earthquake, which had an epicenter in the southwest part of the country, was measured at magnitude 6.8 and a depth of 10 kilometers, or just over 6 miles.

U.S. forces have begun flying emergency supplies to earthquake-stricken Japanese island, delivering tons of bottled water to ...

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — U.S. and Japanese forces are rehearsing their response to a catastrophic Nankai Trough earthquake this week, testing how the allies would coordinate relief efforts during a ...

Multiple people were missing a day after a magnitude-7.1 quake struck Kumamoto prefecture, partially collapsing buildings, including a shopping mall and a paper mill.