Increased earthquake concerns create shift in preference towards South Korea, Vietnam and cities in western mainland China ...

Yoshihiro Chiba, 50, who recently retired from a job as a firefighter in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, now intends to establish ...

Japan is on edge as a manga artist's past accurate predictions, including the 2011 earthquake, fuel fears about her forecast ...

In the critical 72 hours after an earthquake or explosion, a race against the clock begins to find survivors. After that window, the chances of survival drop sharply.

Tsunamis and earthquakes pose devastating threats to coastal communities worldwide. However, beyond the immediate destructive ...

The head of Japan's meteorological agency on Friday dismissed widespread rumors of a major earthquake in Japan this summer as unscientific and a “hoax," urging people not to worry because even the ...

Miyoko Ito survived an earthquake, incarceration and illness. Her transportive paintings defied ideas about abstract art.

Landslides, earthquakes, and subduction faults could generate 1,000-foot mega-tsunamis, wiping coastal communities off the ...

Among measures to maintain lifelines, the proportion of important facilities with water and sewerage systems that have undergone quake-resistance work will be increased to 32% in 2030, up from 12% in ...

A prediction by a Japanese manga artist has reignited fears of a natural disaster hitting the country this summer.

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