up through Indonesia and Japan, across the Pacific at Alaska's Aleutian Islands, and down the west coast of North, Central ...

A freeze warning is in place for several California counties, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). While four states; New York, Ohio, Arizona, and California also have winter weather ...

Imagine a city skyscraper; now multiply it several times—Everest ... Despite its world record height, Everest isn't done growing. Tectonic plate movements contribute to its rise, adding approximately ...

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

ITOIGAWA, Niigata -- This central Japan city famed for its jade stones is set to ask people to refrain from taking the prized mineral formations from riverbeds and restrict collection to the ...

Vacant commercial spaces are being turned into guest accommodation in the central Japan city of Shizuoka, offering visitors an alternative to conventional lodgings and helping revitalise the local ...

Visitors looking for the "real Japan" may find it on a new long trail two hours from Tokyo that shows off the country's ...

(Mainichi/Nobuya Muramoto) HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A ticket to the famously postcard-perfect Himeji Castle will cost more than double the current rate for anyone from outside this western Japan city ...

At a big-hearted retreat surrounded by nature, Zen rituals fused with mindfulness practices teach Kate Crockett to be more ...

The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust. It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates. The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet.

A sinkhole estimated to be the size of a large swimming pool swallowed a truck and its driver as it opened up in the middle of a busy intersection in Japan ... up in Yashio City on Monday around ...