The Japanese government has issued an urgent warning over the catastrophic damage which could be caused by an impending ...

Walk through Japan’s energetic ... up Tsukiji’s lucrative flow. Tokyo has been rebuilt twice during the past century—first after the 1923 Great Kanto earthquake and again after the city ...

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

The tremors came days after Japan warned that a powerful earthquake in the Nakai Trough could kill up to 300,000 people and set off destructive tsunamis in Japan. It also comes soon after two ...

Japan observed a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that left more than 22,000 people dead or missing, with over 27,000 people still ...

An earthquake ... west of Tokyo, to the southern tip of Kyushu. This trench is where the Philippine Sea tectonic plate is gradually subducted beneath the continental plate on which Japan rests.