Around the time that Roki Sasaki made his long-awaited decision to sign with the Dodgers, the city of Los Angeles was reeling ...

Japan faces the constant risk of natural calamities striking anywhere at any time. To save as many lives as possible, it is ...

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast and triggered a ...

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast and triggered a ...

Makoto Watanabe quit a major newspaper after it retracted a scoop. Now he runs an investigative nonprofit that does not shy ...

NAGANO: Researchers at Shinshu University and another institution have developed an odour-detecting drone that uses antennae ...

Professor SAKURAI Aiko of the Graduate School of International Cooperation Studies has a unique background, pursuing a career ...

Across Japan, various initiatives are under way to share these experiences with other disaster-stricken regions, fostering collective learning and strengthening long-term recovery efforts.

Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...

Local governments around Japan are using digital signboards, long an instrument for corporate advertising, to convey crucial information during disasters in multiple languages. They are currently ...

Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba was considering declaring the country’s biggest wildfire in decades a “severe disaster ...

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 ...