MATSUSHIMA, Japan - Organizers of a centuries-old Shinto ritual in the scenic coastal town of Matsushima are turning to ...

With disasters more intense and more frequent, there is less time to recover and mourn. See how new technology – and new approaches to the strain – aim to help.

On March 11, 2011, one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded triggered a disaster that would shock the world, the devastating 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

The world is unpredictable, and even the safest nuclear power plant can’t guarantee that it will hold up against whatever tragedy is coming next. The morning light was peaking over the sandstone bluff ...

Bryson Torgovitsky, 26, is an American PhD candidate in marine biology at Tohoku University. The TOMODACHI program, which he ...

Iran yesterday warned more countries against getting involved in its war with the US and Israel, after US President Donald Trump urged world powers to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz ...

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...