Japan’s plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall.

The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 ... Prefecture and upper 5 in parts of Tokyo to a barely perceptible 1 in Kyushu. There have been only five occasions when a level 7 was recorded ...

Imagine waking up to find a massive lake that wasn’t there yesterday—only for it to vanish overnight! These 20 mysterious lakes around the world appear and disappear in ways that baffle scientists.

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling ...

Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands ... Although the castle was damaged during an earthquake in 2016, its tower has been meticulously restored, and ongoing efforts continue ...

Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corporation has launched Starlink's WiFi service on-board an overnight ferry. In an announcement, KDDI confirmed the service will be free to use for customers, and said it ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower ...

A magnitude 3.8 earthquake off the coast of Maine shook parts of the Northeast on Monday morning, with residents as far away as Boston feeling the rumble, officials said. The quake occurred about ...

BOISE, Idaho – A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported in southern Idaho on Monday morning. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was reported just after 9:30 a.m. local time about 16 ...