Massive forest fires in this northeastern Japan city are thought to have led to the deaths of all of more than 2 million ...

Drought in the mountainous areas of central and northeastern Japan is contributing to the spread of forest fires on a scale ...

An ice show hosted by professional figure skater and back-to-back Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu began in this northeast ...

SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural ...

Perched along the scenic coastline of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, the Taro Kanko Hotel once stood as a symbol of hospitality, ...

Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

The gutted shell of a youth hostel remains as a stark reminder of the tsunami’s destructive force. Once a place of rest for ...

Yamaoka said that area has long been prone to seismic activity, but the magnitude-9.0 Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 has increased the likelihood of major temblors occurring there.

Japan's government has decided to provide additional funding to help the Noto region in central Japan recover from a powerful ...

For decades, Kotoku Wamura was mocked for building an enormous floodgate in his village. But when a massive tsunami struck, ...

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