Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in March of 2011. March 11, 2011 – At 2:46 p.m., a 9.1 magnitude earthquake takes place 231 miles northeast of Tokyo at ...

The Government of Japan has been promoting startups to boost innovation and growth, and the pool of potential unicorns, those ...

Dashcam footage of the earthquake in Japan on New Year’s Day 2024 has been mislabeled online as showing the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Tibet on Jan. 7, 2025, that killed 126 people and damaged ...

KAHRAMANMARAS, Turkey -- Two years after earthquakes that killed more than 59,000 people in Turkey and Syria, Japan Inc. is stepping up efforts to provide Turkey with technology and services to ...

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast ...

Geologists have classified these repeated quakes as an "earthquake swarm". Swarms are commonly observed in volcanic regions like Japan, Iceland, and central Italy, often preceding volcanic eruptions.

In 1995, a powerful earthquake rocked Kobe, Japan, and the surrounding area, killing about 5,500 people. In 1996, Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman was sentenced to life in prison and 16 others were also ...