In at least 22 prefectures, the number rose, with 2,681 more communities found to be at risk. In eight prefectures, the number fell.

Japan has more than 20,000 communities that could be cut off from the rest of the country by a major disaster, according to ...

It is also noted that on December 4, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in southern Xinjiang, China. The tremors were strong enough to be felt in Almaty, the Almaty and Zhambyl regions, as well as ...

No reports of major injuries or structural damage have emerged, and authorities have not issued a tsunami warning.

An international research expedition involving Cornell has uncovered new details as to why a 2011 earthquake northeast of ...

It has been one month since a massive fire burned over 180 buildings in Japan's Oita Prefecture. NHK World's Yoshikawa ...

Japan is lifting a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck ...

A wildfire burned through the hills of Los Angeles in early 2025. Schools closed, emergency alerts buzzed across phones, and ...

Data from Japan's next-generation electronic toll collection system, known as ETC 2.0, are coming into broader use across the country. Unlike the conventional ETC system, which is limited to automatic ...

A strong, 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:44 a.m. Japan time about 71 miles northeast ...

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake shook northeastern Japan and caused small tsunami waves but no apparent damage Friday, days after ...

Japan is learning what life is life under a megaquake watch. NPR's Rob Schmitz talks to Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismology Lab, about what it means.