Residents of Toshima, a village in southwestern Japan’s Kagoshima Prefecture, are evacuating after a series of earthquakes, ...

A decades-old manga is stirring unease across East Asia, as a reissued volume predicts a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami ...

There have been more than 900 earthquakes, most of them small tremors, on islands off the southern tip of Kyushu in recent ...

Viral rumours of impending disaster stemming from a comic book prediction have taken the sheen off Japan's tourism boom, with ...

More than 800 tremors have shaken the southwestern Tokara Islands over the past 11 days, including a 5.6-magnitude quake on ...

Japan plans to build an underground bomb shelter on its westernmost island that’s capable of housing up to 200 people.

A searing heatwave sweeping Europe has pushed temperatures above 40°C in parts of Italy and Spain, as the world’s ...

Japan’s ruling coalition has agreed to expand financial support for communities near nuclear plants, drawing fierce criticism from environmental groups who describe the move as a “bribe ...

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A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 struck off the southeastern coast of the Nemuro Peninsula in Japan on Thursday, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA). The JMA ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency says Japanese coasts will not see any tsunami from a large volcanic eruption in Indonesia. The agency made the statement at 4 a.m. on Wednesday. It said no noticeable ...

An intense heatwave is expected to persist over wide areas of Japan on Wednesday with the mercury likely to hit 35 degrees Celsius or higher. People are advised to take precautions against heatstroke.