On March 11, people in places across Japan paused to offer silent prayers for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...

A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

Japan on Tuesday marks the 14th anniversary since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the nation in 2011, triggering a ...

Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...

At 2:46 p.m. on Tuesday, Japan observed a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...

On Monday, LA Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani took a moment to remember one of the darkest days in Japan’s history. The ...

March 11, 2025 started solemnly for many who remembered the March 11, 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake which occurred at 2:46 p.m. the strongest jolt (magnitude 9) ever recorded in Japan and the 4th ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced Tuesday he plans to increase the scale of the reconstruction projects related to the ...

On the morning of September 1, 1923, an earthquake with a magnitude believed to be around 7.9 rattled the Kanto region. The ...

A woman who experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake as a child is now working for a local railway company, serving as a ...

A Japanese government panel also predicted that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 could occur near the trench within 30 ...