NHK has found that about one third of accommodation facilities in the Oku-Noto region in northern Ishikawa Prefecture remain ...

The Chinese Embassy in Japan has warned its citizens residing in the country to think twice about buying real estate in Japan ...

The publicly funded demolition of 249 buildings around the the Asaichi-dori area in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, that were ...

Crocidolite, a highly carcinogenic type of asbestos, has been found exposed at a hotel damaged by the January 2024 Noto ...

A communal facility opened in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sunday to support people living in temporary housing after ...

This episode explores Japan’s seismic innovations, documenting survivors, engineers and global efforts to protect lives and ...

A significant earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale struck Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Friday evening, causing minor disruptions but no major injuries or structural damage. The ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.0 struck Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Friday, with no tsunami ...

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Friday, April 18, 2025, at approximately 8:19 p.m. The tremor, which occurred at a depth of about 13 kilometers, caused minor ...

Parliament on Wednesday enacted a bill to facilitate restoring ports damaged by natural disasters so they can be used as transportation bases for relief supplies. The House of Councilors, the ...

Japan’s population, including non-Japanese residents, totaled 123,802,000 as of Oct. 1 last year, down by 550,000, or 0.44 percent, from a year before, falling for the 14th straight year, the internal ...

A "massive" earthquake caused tremors so powerful residents of a city known for its seismic activity declared it was the largest they had ever experienced. The quake, which was said to have an ...