Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan, which sits on the boundary ...

Footage shows doctors in Japan clinging to an operating table to protect a patient from the violent tremor. The surgery was ...

A major earthquake in Japan's southwest killed at least 13 people and left several injured or missing after a shopping center ...

The earthquake struck near Kumamoto, Japan, about 736 miles southwest of Tokyo.

A new estimate from the Japanese government has projected that a "capital direct earthquake" of magnitude 7 or higher in Tokyo could result in 18,000 deaths. A "capital direct earthquake" occurs due ...

A powerful 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto prefecture on Tuesday morning, causing damage to buildings and numerous injuries and deaths.

Nearly 20% of global earthquakes measuring 6.0 or higher occur in Japan. Since 2011, when a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 shook eastern Japan, including Tokyo, on Tuesday, but there was no danger of a tsunami, the meteorological agency said. The quake struck at 7:46 p.m. ...

A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck eastern Japan on Tuesday evening, sending tremors through Tokyo and surrounding regions and prompting immediate safety checks across the country’s famous Shinkansen ...

From a samurai's castle on a fishing village to the largest, safest, and most economically powerful metropolis on Earth, Tokyo's story is one of disaster, reinvention, and deliberate planning. This ...