At 2:46 p.m. on Tuesday, Japan observed a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...

On March 11, people in places across Japan paused to offer silent prayers for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...

Around the time that Roki Sasaki made his long-awaited decision to sign with the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles was reeling ...

A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...

A Japanese government panel also predicted that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 could occur near the trench within 30 ...

A year after a natural disaster, the resilient artisans of Japan’s Noto Peninsula are forging ahead—with great help from the ...

Ceremonies attended by bereaved relatives were held here and other areas to mark exactly 14 years since the tragedies of the ...

After an earthquake devastated Nepal in 2015, people in the country vowed to improve their disaster preparedness. Japan ...

Japan has unveiled a new 'earthquake resistant', 200mph (320kph) bullet train – that's designed by a British firm. Studio Tangerine, which is headquartered in London, has become the first non ...

Computer models that factor in the Sun's impact on Earth's surface temperatures are providing more accurate simulations of ...