Soil liquefaction—the process where saturated soil loses its structure and transforms to a fluid-like state—can have ...

NIED, Fujitsu, SDS and Mitsubishi Electric sign joint research agreement to advance Japan Disaster Charter operational ...

The lawsuit seeks to reverse a key permit for the NEXT Renewable Fuels refinery along the Columbia River over concerns it ...

A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Hiroo, Japan, a mere day after a 6.1-magnitude quake rocked Kushiro, ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 hit Hokkaido in Japan on Saturday afternoon, the country's Meteorological Agency said, adding that it hit at a depth of 20 km (12 miles).

A famously ‘prophetic’ manga predicts Japan will undergo a major earthquake in 2025, causing travelers to call off their ...

Earthquakes create ripple effects in Earth's upper atmosphere that can disrupt satellite communications and navigation ...

Agriculture Minister Shinjiro Koizumi said the agreement was reached after officials met in Beijing and the imports will ...

Japan issued an evacuation advisory for the coastal areas of the southern prefecture of Okinawa after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami warning. Tsunami waves of up to 3 meters were ...

The largest and deadliest earthquake to strike Japan in a dozen years hit New Year’s Day on the Noto Peninsula, causing destruction in the Ishikawa Prefecture that spread across the country’s ...