Japan, one of the world's most tectonically active countries, has strict building standards designed to ensure structures can withstand even the most powerful earthquakes. The archipelago, home to ...

Geologists don't have a crystal ball that can foresee future earthquakes, but seismic specialists in the Japanese government believe that the odds of a big one are creeping upwards. According to Japan ...

Record-breaking snowfall across Hokkaido and Sea of Japan coastal areas of Honshu on Feb. 8 brought traffic and train ...

Government panel reveals more than 80 per cent probability of massive earthquake along Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast ...

The powerful earthquake that hit central Japan on New Year's Day killed at ... in nine prefectures on the western coast of main island Honshu to evacuate. They were spending the night in sports ...

According to Japan's Earthquake Research Committee ... along the south of Japan's biggest island of Honshu. It’s a subduction zone located where the Philippine Sea Plate is being subducted ...

The Earthquake Research Committee ... areas on the main islands of Honshu and Shikoku could be hit by huge waves within a few minutes. Last August, the Japan Meteorological Association (JMA ...

The Nankai Trough, an undersea trench stretching 800 kilometers along Japan's Pacific ... populated areas on Honshu and Shikoku facing colossal waves just minutes after an earthquake strikes.

Japan issued a tsunami advisory after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the southwest of the country, country's Meteorological Agency said Monday. The public warnings to stay away from coastal ...