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

After a week of uneasiness following the Japan Meteorological Agency’s first-ever Nankai Trough advisory, which called for caution against a possible huge earthquake, the broad implications and ...

The earthquake ... alerts. Minor sea level fluctuations of up to about 12 inches above and below the normal tide may continue over the next few hours, it said. 10:29 PM: Japan warns residents ...

Due to the temblor, metro systems in Taipei ... at the Okinawa airport following the tsunami alert triggered by the Taiwan earthquake. A Japanese official said that flights were suspended at ...