Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

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Saitama Prefecture officials said the search for a missing 74-year-old truck stuck in a large sinkhole shifted to an ...

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The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said it is focusing on three “priority actions” this year to further improve the country’s ...

We stand in solidarity with all those impacted by this tragedy and recognize the urgency of the situation,” OCD Administrator ...

A tsunami-like event that hit Peru’s northern coastline in late December, affecting Lobitos, Máncora and Cabo Blanco, may jeopardize the country’s recently renewed scallop export surge ...

7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Caribbean southwest of Cayman Islands, USGS says ...

The resulting tsunami struck nations in the Indian Ocean ... the column provides useful perspectives on and insights into contemporary Japan and its culture.

The step is a milestone of a sort as Tokyo Electric Power Company moves ahead with a decades-long project to dismantle the ...