an agency official said the observed tectonic shifts were of a different type than those expected to occur in the Tokai earthquake, and that the Shizuoka Prefecture quake was on a much smaller ...

Newly discovered footage taken in Shizuoka Prefecture after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake constitutes what is probably among the oldest 35-millimeter records of tsunami damage in Japan.

The earthquake also forced the suspension of bullet train services and the shutdown of two nuclear reactors. Shizuoka Governor Heita Kawakatsu told public broadcaster NHK:"There have been no ...

YAIZU, Japan — A pair of powerful earthquakes struck at opposite ends ... an official at the Shizuoka prefectural (state) government. Shizuoka, southwest of Tokyo, was the hardest-hit area.

Reactors shut down safely at Japan's Hamaoka nuclear power plant this morning as the Shizuoka region was hit by a 7.1 magnitude earthquake. Reactors shut down safely at Japan's Hamaoka nuclear power ...