More than ¥300 million was raised by the end of last year through crowdfunding for craftspeople and workshops of Wajima ...

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

The Noto no Amamehagi ritual took place in Noto, Ishikawa Prefecture, on Sunday, with children who were wearing ogre masks ...

Japan Meteorological Agency issued what it calls Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information, which is a bulletin about the ...

Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a seasoned Japan traveller, this under-the-radar prefecture next to Fukuoka should be ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

Japan’s plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall.

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling ...

Japan's government and experts have issued a warning about the increasing likelihood of a mega-earthquake striking the nation within the next 30 years.

The Nankai Trough, where the Philippine Sea Plate is slipping under the Eurasia Plate at the bottom of the sea off the southwest coast of Japan, produces massive earthquakes about every 100-150 years.

Beppu, Japan - January 13, 2025 A 6.6-magnitude earthquake has rattled the island of Kyushu in southwestern Japan, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said Monday. The EMSC said that ...