Those stories originated in Japan, where some taxi drivers in the city of Ishinomaki reported encountering “ghost passengers” ...

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

On 11 March, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

Saitama Prefecture officials said the search for a missing 74-year-old truck stuck in a large sinkhole shifted to an ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

The building was rendered unusable by the tsunami spawned by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011. Ten months later, Sakamoto visited the Miyagi Prefecture Agriculture High School in ...

On Saturday, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the Caribbean Sea. Tsunami warnings have been issued for the region. The ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said it is focusing on three “priority actions” this year to further improve the country’s ...

The life-preserving backpack is the brainchild of newspaper delivery agent Joji Shimizu who was left dumbfounded by the loss of life at a public elementary school in northeastern Japan as a ...

We stand in solidarity with all those impacted by this tragedy and recognize the urgency of the situation,” OCD Administrator ...