Officials said there is a chance that “a large-scale earthquake with a magnitude of 8 or higher could occur as a follow-up earthquake,” though they stressed this is a possibility rather than a forecas ...

After a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck north-eastern Japan on Monday, authorities warned of a megaquake, saying the next few ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.8 hit the southwestern Japan prefectures of Kumamoto and Oita on Tuesday, with the country's weather agency warning the public to remain on alert for ...

Sakurajima volcano in Kyushu, Japan experienced its 162nd explosive event this year, blasting a plume of ash 5,000 feet into the air.

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a ...

Turning on its lights for the first time on Nov. 1, Fukuoka City’s “Christmas Market in Hikari no Machi” was one of the earliest to open in the country. Other major cities in Japan weren’t too far ...

A fire ripped through more than 170 buildings and killed one person in a southern Japanese coastal city on Wednesday, with military and firefighting helicopters ...

A powerful earthquake in Japan has triggered severe weather alerts and evacuation orders — here are the latest updates, and ...

Nov 25 (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 struck Japan's Kyushu region on Tuesday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said. The quake was at a depth of 10 km (6.21 miles), GFZ ...

Many people must have been startled by the strong earthquake that occurred late at night. Earthquakes and tsunamis can happen anytime and anywhere. People must recognize again that they should always ...

As Japanese officials issue an unprecedented megaquake advisory after this week's powerful tremor, here’s everything you need ...

Hokkaido Gov. Naomichi Suzuki’s decision to approve the restart of a reactor at Hokkaido Electric Power Co.’s Tomari nuclear power plant has raised hopes that electricity bills in the prefecture — the ...