Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

TOKYO - Japan must act immediately to improve its fiscal health as the risks of natural disasters mount and social security ...

Japan has experienced three major earthquakes in the past 100 years. In an era of frequent natural disasters, Japan’s unique ...

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 ...

Researchers have hacked living cockroaches to create new search-and-rescue tech.

Eighty-three years after a devastating flood in the Chosei coal mine in southern Japan claimed the lives of 183 miners, a ...

Anambra State has partnered with Japan and the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) to tackle past and future ...

Officials in Yashio city, located north of Tokyo, are trying to rescue a 74-year-old man whose truck was swallowed by a ...

A foundation that has helped this city recover from the 2011 earthquake-tsunami disaster will donate a winery to local ...

An abandoned lifeguard cabin, a rusty pier and mangled umbrellas are all that is left of Ein Gedi, once Israel's flagship ...

Thirty years have passed since the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, often referred to as “the birthplace of volunteerism” in ...

The move comes after it is believed a damaged sewer pipe caused a sinkhole to open up in the city of Yashio, Saitama ...