A referee who was caught red-handed stealing money earmarked for victims of a catastrophic earthquake has been punished ...

Unfounded online rum­o­urs warning that a huge earthquake will soon strike Japan are taking a toll on travel firms and ...

History has a way of repeating itself. But unlike science, built on general principles and testable theories about the ...

A sudden and unexpected tsunami has struck the coast of Japan, leaving scientists and officials searching for answers about ...

Near-shore tsunamis, those triggered by earthquakes just off the coast, could pose a particularly dire risk for California's heavily populated coastal communities.

The Tokyo High Court on Friday overturned the earlier district court ruling against the former executives of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) to pay compensation of 13 trillion yen ($90 billion) ...

A Japanese court has ruled former executives at the utility managing the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power ...

Along the coast of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, where a tsunami swept away entire communities on March 11, 2011, a single tree remains as a symbol of endurance. Known as the Miracle Pine ...

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck southwestern Japan late on Monday, causing two small tsunamis in the area but no damage reported. The quake struck at a depth of 36 kilometres around 18 ...

If such a megaquake were to occur, it could potentially cause a dangerous tsunami that could put thousands of lives at risk. Japan's meteorological agency has published a map showing which parts ...