Perhaps there were no mitigation plans at all. The question remains: is it possible to outmanoeuvre nature? Can political ...

Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023 ...

On March 11, 2011, an earthquake-triggered tsunami hit Japan, causing massive destruction and over 18,000 deaths.

The race to replace Fumio Kishida may impact his long-term "nuclear revival" initiative, but it remains to be seen whether it ...

Asian shares are trading mostly higher after a rally on Wall Street that regained some of the losses from the market’s worst ...

Asian markets were mixed Thursday following a global sell-off a day earlier, as Wall Street declined in the technology, energy and other sectors. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 slipped 1.1%, and closed ...

Investopedia / Tara Anand The term “silver tsunami” generally refers to the ... “started in high-income countries (for example, in Japan, 30% of the population is already over 60 years ...

Japan endured the strongest earthquake in its recorded history followed by a severe tsunami. The Tohoku tsunami involved ...

Japan’s stock market slid 3% on Wednesday, as the world felt the ripple effects of a Wall Street tumble driven by fears of an economic slowdown. Disappointing manufacturing data showed weakness ...

In early August 2024, southern Alaska was struck by an atmospheric river that triggered a massive landslide in Pedersen Lagoon, resulting in a 56-foot tsunami. The landslide, which involved roughly 2 ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Firefighters help clean up floodwater out of a house in Ogaki, central Japan, Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 ...

(AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File) FILE - Local workers arrange fish during a morning auction at Hisanohama Port, Oct. 19, 2023 in Iwaki, northeastern Japan. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool, File) FILE ...