As part of its nationwide earthquake recovery efforts, the Japanese government is looking to renovate a number of important ...

Japan is opening the world’s first Pokémon-themed airport in 2026, featuring giant Pikachu displays, Pokémon murals, themed ...

The Noto Satoyama Pokémon With You Airport opens this summer, and it's as much a reconstruction project as a pop-culture ...

Japan built E-Defense, the world’s largest earthquake simulator, after the 1995 Kobe earthquake killed more than 6,000 people ...

Japan’s earthquake planners divide the Nankai fault zone into named segments, each with its own rupture history and hazard clock. The eastern one, called Tokai, hasn’t broken in more than 170 years.

Japan sits on one of the most seismically volatile regions on Earth, yet its skyscrapers survive magnitude 7.0+ earthquakes ...

The Taiwanese town of Fenglin has grown a reputation as a place where life moves slowly and people can catch their breath. Rather than push against this ...

Unveiled in February, “Stealth House” is Japan’s first 3D-printed two-story home. Building-tech startup Kizuki collaborated ...

When you hear about designers biomimicking butterflies, your first thought is probably about creating remote-controlled ...

Northern Japan was shaken by a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake in April 2026, but images purportedly showing extensive ...

A video showing an earthquake in Japan in 2024 has been reshared online as footage from the magnitude ‌7.5 quake that struck, opens new tab off the country’s northeastern coast on April 20. The ...

A magnitude 6.2 earthquake shook part of northern Japan early Monday, but there was no damage or casualties. No tsunami advisory was issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency. Steam rises out of a ...