Several emergency temporary housing structures have now been completed on the playground of the municipal Monzen Higashi ...

The major earthquake that jolted Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1, 2024, drew attention to the area’s severe issue of an aging and shrinking population, but efforts to revive the Anamizu ...

The Environment Ministry plans to release crested ibises in the quake-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture around early ...

Japan has spent decades making its buildings more resilient to earthquakes. Similar changes could be difficult for the US to ...

A Kyodo News survey showed Sunday that 50.1 percent of respondents gave high marks to the first in-person summit between ...

A three-day evacuation exercise involving nearly 5,000 residents began on Feb. 14 close to a nuclear power plant here.

Countries around the world have experienced an uptick in natural disasters and home insurance costs, but each country has ...

The Environment Ministry plans to release crested ibises next year in central Japan's earthquake-hit Noto region to ...

Nearly 80 percent of municipalities within 30 kilometers of 15 nuclear power plants across Japan have a lower proportion of ...

The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

Since many of the damaged houses are traditional, picturesque buildings, concerns are rising that their demolition could ...

Murai said: "On behalf of the people of Miyagi Prefecture, I would like to express ... of the grave damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake. Miyagi Prefecture has been able to recover ...