Japan built E-Defense, the world’s largest earthquake simulator, after the 1995 Kobe earthquake killed more than 6,000 people ...

KOBE -- The nearly 122-year-old building of the Kobe City Museum of Literature stands on the southwestern side of the lushly ...

Thirty years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake devastated Kobe and wide areas around the port city.

It took Genki Hasegawa about 10 years before he felt ready to publicly describe his experience of losing loved ones in a ...

Jan. 17 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1871, Andrew Hallidie received a patent for a cable car system that went into service in San Francisco in 1873. In 1893, Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii was ...

Japan issued a megaquake advisory Tuesday after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the northern part of the country, causing 34 mostly mild injuries and some damage to roads and buildings. The ...

Japan has lifted all tsunami warnings and advisories issued after Monday’s powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake, with the highest tsunami waves recorded at around 80cm in Iwate prefecture on the east ...

Do this week’s strong geomagnetic storm and earthquake in Japan mean that the Big One is nigh? That’s what some influencers on TikTok believe. On Tuesday, a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Japan, ...

A three-meter (9.8-foot) tsunami warning was issued for Japan on Monday after a strong 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the northeastern coast, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency and the ...