In March 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake struck off northeast Japan ... Another questioned: “What is going on under Toyama Bay?” Which countries are most at risk from natural disasters?

The earthquakes, the biggest measuring 7.1 magnitude, hit the areas around Toyama and Niigata in central Japan on Monday. (Photo by Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images) (Getty Images) Sadly ...

The earthquake is believed to be connected to ... A man in his 20s in Namekawa in neighboring Toyama Prefecture bruised his head and hips when he fell while trying to flee. According to the ...

Under the new plan, for example, the prefectural governments of Toyama, Fukushima and Shimane will send officials to Shizuoka ...

Toyama Prefecture—Kurobe Gorge Railway Co. has started partial services of its orange-colored mountain sightseeing trolley train on a line that was damaged in the Noto Peninsula earthquake.

The season's most powerful cold air mass has been gripping Japan this week. As regions on the Sea of Japan coast are hit with ...

The Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train line has suspended service between Toyama and Kanazawa, according to JR West. Meanwhile, another earthquake of 6.2 magnitude hit near Japan's west coast of ...

A massive earthquake of 7.6 magnitude hit Japan today triggering a tsunami warning. According to media report, Japan Meteorological Agency has issued tsunami warnings for the coastal prefectures of ...

Toyama Prefectural officials have opened a call center to help businessowners affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake apply for financial support. The service began on January 29. Japan’s ...

I would like to continue supporting it." Of the 504 fatalities reported as of Friday, 228 people in Ishikawa Prefecture died in the earthquake. The remaining 276 fatalities across Ishikawa, Niigata, ...