Record-breaking snowfall across Hokkaido and Sea of Japan coastal areas of Honshu on Feb. 8 brought traffic and train ...

A Joetsu Shinkansen train derailed in the Niigata Prefecture Chuetsu Earthquake in 2004, and it took two months to resume full operations of the service, according to JR East. Traffic remained ...

The strongest cold air mass of the season is likely to intensify snowfall and winds on the Sea of Japan coast from northern ...

2, 2024, near Nanao, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. A series of powerful earthquakes hit western Japan ... hit the areas around Toyama and Niigata in central Japan on Monday. (Photo by Buddhika ...

The earthquake has left at least 48 people dead in Ishikawa Prefecture. Injuries are reported in the prefectures of Ishikawa, Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu. Fire department officials say 25 ...

More than 5,400 people died in Japan over the past 30 years due to severe stress and exhaustion caused by evacuation following earthquakes and other natural disasters, Kyodo News reported. At least 5, ...

At least 30 people have been killed following a 7.6 magnitude earthquake in the Japanese Prefecture of Ishikawa ... and collapses in the prefectures of Niigata, Fukui, Toyama, and Gifu.

TOKYO, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck Fukushima Prefecture's Aizu region early Thursday and the Japan Meteorological Agency has warned of potential aftershocks of similar ...

embodied in the way communities have come together to rebuild after the Noto earthquake in January 2024. Lying off the coast of Niigata Prefecture, Sado is among the largest islands on Japan's ...

In the aftermath of the 2004 earthquake that hit Niigata Prefecture, some people who slept in their cars were found to have died of venous thrombosis, also known as economy class syndrome ...