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

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

The Self-Defense Forces have made efforts to strengthen cooperation with local governments in preparation for a major ...

One Day in Rural Japan - Exploring Kyushu ...

The most probable location for such an earthquake is along the Nankai Trough, an underwater fault line that runs parallel to Japan's eastern coastline for 800 kilometers from Shizuoka to Kyushu ...

Similarly, a strong earthquake struck the Kyushu region in Japan on Monday (January 13), the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said. The 6.6 magnitude earthquake, located at a depth of 37 km ...

On January 17, 1995, an earthquake of magnitude 7.3 devastated ... running from southern Kyushu to near Mount Fuji. The panel’s previous assessment was that there was a 70 per cent to 80 per ...

Tsunami alerts in southern Japan were lifted after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit off the coast of Kyushu on Monday. The quake struck at a depth of approximately 22 miles and caused two small ...

The quake, centered at a depth of 36 kilometers (22 miles), shook a wide area in Kyushu, JMA said ... Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the “Ring of Fire ...

Korea, the next country, is also increasingly anxious about the 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Miyazaki Prefecture east of Kyushu, Japan. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake was observed last ...