Japan's agriculture minister said on Tuesday that the government plans to release more stockpiled rice to rein in soaring prices for the staple food.

From fears of a megaquake in Japan to South Korea’s new president, here are a few highlights from SCMP’s recent Asia ...

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A referee who was caught red-handed stealing money earmarked for victims of a catastrophic earthquake has been punished ...

Unfounded online rum­o­urs warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and ...

History has a way of repeating itself. But unlike science, built on general principles and testable theories about the ...

Natural hazard” and “natural disaster” aren’t the same. Hazards are events. Disasters are their consequences, shaped by human choices and vulnerabilities. Misusing the terms blurs accountability, ...

Baba Vanga, the blind Bulgarian prophet, is known for her accurate predictions of global events. Among her prophecies for ...

Keeping the nation’s lights on is no small job. The grid we take for granted involves large, expensive equipment, most ...

A 6.5-magnitude earthquake was recorded in Colombia on Sunday about 72 miles east of Bogota, according to the Servicio ...

The Tokyo High Court on Friday overturned the earlier district court ruling against the former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to pay compensation of 13 trillion yen ($90 billion) ...