Typhoons, earthquakes and torrential downpours have caused large-scale damage throughout Japan, but now the city is using a ...

A year after a natural disaster, the resilient artisans of Japan’s Noto Peninsula are forging ahead—with great help from the ...

Fourteen years after the devastating earthquake and tsunami led to the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident, the site has made ...

Prone to major earthquakes that trigger fires and tsunamis, Japan has become a world leader in building disaster-resilient communities. Three experts in public policy and urban development told ...

Said buildings do not meet the current criteria for withstanding earthquakes of intensities registering on the upper end of 6 to 7 on Japan’s seismic scale. The law was further amended in 2013 ...

Concrete structures in Japan capture and store about 14% of the CO2 emissions released during cement production, according to ...

But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan ... falling debris from trees, buildings, overhead wires or ...

On March 11, 2011, a major earthquake and a subsequent tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan. In 2004, ...

Japan on Tuesday marks the 14th anniversary since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the nation in 2011, triggering a ...

On the morning of September 1, 1923, an earthquake with a magnitude believed to be around 7.9 rattled the Kanto region. The ...

The government is spending almost a million dollars on researching earthquake and volcanic disaster resilience in ...

Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to implement.