The Japanese people have just given Sanae Takaichi a super-majority in the parliament. It signals a period of great change ...

New research shows that a fragile clay layer beneath the Japan Trench played a key role in the extreme seafloor movement ...

Emergency alerts issued in the event of earthquakes off the Pacific coast of central Japan are expected to experience delays ...

A thin, soft and slippery layer of clay-rich mud embedded in rock below the seafloor intensified the 2011 Japan earthquake ...

The facility had been offline since Japan pulled the plug on nuclear power after a colossal earthquake and tsunami sent three ...

Japan is on high alert as experts now warn there's a 90% chance of a massive earthquake striking off the coast of Hokkaido within the next 30 years. This megaquake, expected to hit between magnitude 7 ...

The world's biggest nuclear power plant is again operating, after an earlier attempt to bring the facility back online was ...

The earthquake and resulting tsunami decimated the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant along the coast. The massive ecological ...

A new 3D subsurface model shows how variations in rock strength beneath the Marmara Sea could trigger future large earthquakes along the North Anatolian Fault. The findings improve understanding of ...

After a powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula in 2024, the damage left scientists searching for answers. The rupture behavior, ground movement, and scale of destruction did not match ...

The outcome of this Sunday’s election will have significant consequences for Japan’s national security policy.

A research team from University of Tsukuba and collaborating institutions has clarified why M9-class megathrust earthquakes recur off the Kamchatka Peninsula with an unusually short cycle of 73 years.