The Government of Japan has been promoting startups to boost innovation and growth, and the pool of potential unicorns, those ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

Under the new plan, for example, the prefectural governments of Toyama, Fukushima and Shimane will send officials to Shizuoka ...

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 ...

On New Year’s Day 2024, a powerful earthquake struck Japan’s Noto Peninsula, shaking homes, toppling buildings, and leaving scientists stunned. This video explores why this disaster was so unexpected, ...

Many roads built on piled-up soil collapsed after a powerful earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in January 2024.

What created the Noto Peninsula landscape we know today? After examining the devastation from the 2024 Noto Peninsula earthquake, researchers have a theory.

On 11 March, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, ...

Morishita Erika's broadcasting career includes stints at NHK's Fukui and Sendai bureaus before coming to the Tokyo ...

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

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