Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

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

A professor at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, and director of the Emergency and Critical Care Center at Kobe University Hospital, KOTANI ...

Land topography is usually formed gradually over long periods of time, but sometimes a single event can dramatically change ...

Japan has experienced three major earthquakes in the past 100 years. In an era of frequent natural disasters, Japan’s unique ...

To protect the physical and mental health of people affected by a disaster, it is important to secure sufficient food and ...