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

The owner recalled handing out food from his Lawson convenience store following the 1995 earthquake and ensuring it was open ...

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 ...

Only about 15 percent of Japan’s 25,000 facilities that are considered vital in times of disaster are connected to earthquake-resistant water supply and sewer pipes, a land ministry survey ...

Public facilities that can serve as evacuation centers in the event of a disaster ... Water stations were erected across Kobe after the 1995 earthquake. Significant challenges still remain across ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

The frequent subduction of plates not only causes earthquakes but also triggers underwater fault movements that can displace large volumes of water ... these natural disasters, Japan has ...

The fact it occurred during an earthquake ... University’s Disaster Prevention Research Institute. “It is close to the strongest one ever to occur along the Sea of Japan side.” ...

The Tohoku earthquake — the strongest recorded in Japan, at a magnitude of 9.1 — and resulting tsunami killed more than 18,000 and remains the costliest natural disaster to date. Rikuzentakata ...

People have soaked in frigid water ... powerful earthquake and torrential rain on the Noto Peninsula. The annual purification ritual took place at a shrine in Hakusan City, central Japan, on ...