The truncated cone-shaped exterior of a civic hall in the southwestern Japan city of Kumamoto was modeled after the crest of ...

The Japanese government's Earthquake Research Committee has reviewed its method for calculating the probability of a Nankai ...

In late January, something began to stir beneath the idyllic Greek islands of Santorini, Amorgos, and Anafi. These Aegean ...

Researchers have built on past studies and introduced new methods to explore the nature and role of subsurface fluids, ...

Among major earthquakes expected in Japan, a Nankai Trough earthquake threatens severe damage.

A powerful magnitude 7.8 aftershock off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula that arose from July’s magnitude 8.8 earthquake is ...

A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Russia's Kamchatka region at 3 p.m. ET on Thursday. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Kansai Electric Power will resume surveys at its Mihama nuclear power station in western Japan in November on the feasibility of building a successor unit after they were halted following the ...

A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck early Saturday near the east coast of Russia’s Kamchatka region, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake’s epicenter was 111.7 kilometers (69.3 miles) ...

TSMC's plant in Kumamoto, Japan, is fueling deeper investment ties between Kyushu and Taiwan. On September 10, 15 semiconductor suppliers from Fukuoka and Kumamoto exhibited at SEMICON Taiwan, ...

The Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train line between Tokyo and Shin-Osaka is said to be “the world’s most tightly scheduled,” with fiscal 2024 seeing the highest number of trains running on the line ever, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Japan’s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba announced ...