The Akita dog given to Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2012 by the Akita prefectural government is alive and well, The ...

Tremors in the Nankai Trough, south of Kobe, have increased recently as seismologists flag higher risks of a major quake in ...

In earthquake-hit areas of central Japan's Noto Peninsula, a man from Iwate Prefecture has been serving warm coffee to people ...

A Japanese government opinion poll shows the proportion of people who cited "disaster preparedness" as an area that is ...

Japan on Jan. 17 marked 30 years since the Great Hanshin Earthquake, a devastating disaster that struck Kobe and other parts ...

At least 5,456 "disaster-related deaths" have been recognised since local governments began such designation following the Great Hanshin Earthquake in western Japan on Jan 17, 1995, with the figure ...

Rookies from the Rakuten Eagles visited Minamisanriku, one of the places devastated by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in northeastern Japan, on Saturday. The rookies of the club, based in quake-hit ...

Roki Sasaki is Major League Baseball's hottest new star but he had to struggle through adversity to get there, losing his ...