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New buildings in Japan are required to be designed to sway with the ground rather than resist it rigidly. Older buildings ...

Authorities said there were no reports of damage to major public facilities or infrastructure including three nearby nuclear power plants.

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A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's northern coast on Thursday, the meteorological agency said. TOKYO -- A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's northern coast on Thursday, but the country's ...

TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck off the northern coast of Japan during rush hour on Thursday morning, but the country's meteorological agency said there was no danger of a tsunami and no ...

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake Monday off northern Japan sparked a short-lived tsunami alert and an advisory of a slightly higher risk of a possible megaquake for its coastal areas. The Cabinet Office and ...