Rising xenophobia, ‘vigilante’ patrols and memories of 1923 have rights advocates concerned that history could repeat itself.

With the 31st anniversary of the Jan. 17, 1995, Great Hanshin earthquake approaching, volunteers cleaned the Memorial and Reconstruction Monument in Kobe East Park on Sunday.

Japan’s landscape has been shaped by some of the strongest forces on Earth — volcanic eruptions, shifting tectonic plates and ...

During the rainy season of late 2025 and early 2026, several regions in Indonesia experienced hydrometeorological disasters.

Ceremonies celebrating the start of adulthood for the newest crop of 20-year-olds were held across the country on Sunday, the ...

On Jan. 12, 2010, a magnitude-7 earthquake dealt Haiti and its capital Port-au-Prince a catastrophic blow, killing at least ...

A delay in the restart of Hamaoka reactors will deal a blow to Chubu Electric's earnings and affect the government's goal of ...

Japan's National Diet Building, which marks 90 years since its completion in 2026, will undergo large scale renovation work ...

Suspicions have come to light that Japan's Chubu Electric Power Co. illicitly manipulated and reported false data intended to ...

Japanese officials are warning of the spread of fake videos on social media following earthquakes that hit western Japan on ...

On January 7th, the Japan Nuclear Regulatory Authority decided to temporarily suspend consideration of restarting the Hamaoka ...

An employee of Japan’s nuclear regulator lost a smartphone, possibly in China, containing a confidential list of contacts, an ...