Japan's Cabinet endorsed on Friday a basic policy for the establishment of a disaster management agency next November, ...

TOKYO: Japan issued a megaquake advisory on Tuesday (Dec 9) after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Japan's main island of Honshu, and j ...

The government has adopted an outline of the envisaged agency, including its organizational structure and operations, ahead ...

The new agency will be under direct Cabinet supervision. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, Japan has restarted 14 reactors of its plant that remain operable as it tries ...

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a restless mountain collapsed into the sea in 1792, the impact hurled a towering ...

Japan’s Niigata region approved restarting the world’s largest nuclear plant, nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

One month after an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan’s northeast coast, donors in the United States have contributed more than $246.9-million to relief and recovery efforts, according to a Chronicle ...

(HONG KONG) — Some believe she foretold the devastating 2011 tsunami in Japan that killed more than 15,000 people and urban legend goes she also predicted the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, another ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...

The restart of Kashiwazaki-Kariwa comes as Tokyo pushes to cut its reliance on imported fossil fuels amid an expected surge ...