The judicial ruling was that the scale of the tsunami had exceeded predictions and its occurrence could not have been foreseen. Nevertheless, it would be unjustifiable if an accident at a nuclear ...

Japan has officially approved a special defense agreement with the Philippines, making it possible for military drills ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a plan to enhance the disaster resilience of the country's infrastructure over the next five years, with the project expected to cost more than 20 trillion ...

The earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28 sent tremors through many high-rise buildings in Bangkok, shaking not just the ...

A constant fixture of National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek’s journey through rural Japan was the whirligig, or as he called them, “seismic scarecrows.” Gardeners he spoke to use these ...

The Tohoku Kizuna Festival is a collaborative event of the Tohoku region’s six major festivals, initiated as part of the recovery efforts from the Great East Japan Earthquake. It will be held in six ...

A court in Japan overturned on Friday a $92-billion damages verdict against the former bosses of the operator of the stricken ...

The Tokyo High Court overturned a lower court's decision requiring former TEPCO executives to pay compensation for the ...

A law allowing nuclear reactors to operate beyond 60 years took effect in Japan on Friday, as the government turns back to ...

The Japanese government on Friday approved a plan to enhance the disaster resilience of the country's infrastructure over the ...

A Japanese court has ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...

The program, starting next April, focuses on rebuilding aging infrastructure and stepping up preparations for huge disasters.