SENDAI (Kyodo) -- Japan has more than 400 small, inhabited islands that are uniquely exposed to the risks of natural ...

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast and triggered a ...

File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake ...

Japan (Kyodo) -- A Japanese court on Friday rejected the request of thousands of residents to suspend operations of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Kagoshima Prefecture in southwestern ...

A court in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan has rejected ... being caused by a volcanic eruption or earthquake. All nuclear power plants in Japan suspended operations following the ...

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TOKYO (AP) — A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the warnings to stay away from coastal areas were later lifted.

A Japanese court on Friday rejected a request of thousands of residents to suspend operations of two reactors at a nuclear power plant in Kagoshima prefecture in southwestern Japan, local media ...

As reasons for the about-face, the government cited the need to ensure stable electricity supplies and secure carbon-free ...