U.S. Army aviators and Japanese troops are participating in Nankai Rescue, a U.S.-Japan disaster drill that kicked off Monday ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 has hit southwestern Japan, the country’s Meteorological ...

Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year.

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Miyazaki Prefecture Monday evening in Japan, initially setting off a ...

A strong, 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of southern Japan on Monday, according to the United States ...

Travellers are spoilt for choice in Japan — whether a first-timer to the country or a repeat visitor, try these alternative ...

The Geological Map of the Japanese Empire, which was published in 1899 by the Geological Survey of Japan, is the first geological map to include the entire geological distribution of the nation on a ...

Night - Mostly cloudy. Winds W at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 37 °F (2.8 °C). Cloudy with a high of 48 °F (8.9 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 11 mph (3.2 to 17.7 kph). Partly ...

Night - Clear. Winds NNW at 6 mph (9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 34 °F (1.1 °C). Sunny with a high of 53 °F (11.7 °C). Winds variable at 2 to 12 mph (3.2 to 19.3 kph). Mostly sunny today ...

TOKYO -- "Map apps" surpassed "phone calls" for the first time in a survey by a Tokyo consulting firm asking smartphone users about their most frequently utilized functions, with multiple ...