Japan is looking into using a remote deserted Pacific island nearly 2,000 kilometres from Tokyo as a site for burying nuclear waste, officials said.

For nuclear boosters, it shows that atomic energy still has a future in Japan. For critics, it marks the unwelcome revival of ...

This photo taken on June 21, 2025 shows people looking out toward the Sakurajima volcano (C) as they travel on a ferry which runs between the island and the southern city of Kagoshima, Kagoshima ...

Michael B. Jordan took home entertainer of the year at the 57th NAACP Image Awards, winning for his dual role as twin ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Kyushu, in Japan, the German Research Centre ⁠for Geosciences ⁠said today.The ⁠quake was ⁠at a depth of ⁠122 ...

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Kyushu, Japan, according to the German Research Centre for Geosciences. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 122 km (75.81 miles). The event underlines the seismic ...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck Kyushu, in Japan, the German Research Centre for Geosciences said on Sunday.

A district court on Thursday rejected a request by residents of a nearby prefecture to halt the operation of a nuclear re ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks to the reporters at her office in Tokyo Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026, after a strong ...

TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 hit the western Chugoku region of Japan on Tuesday, Jan. 6, followed by a series of sizeable aftershocks, the Japan Meteorological Agency said ...

That expedition used Japan's ultra-advanced drilling ship Chikyū, and marked the first time scientists had ever drilled directly into the fault zone of a recent megathrust earthquake. They drilled ...

New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of geologists and geophysicists drilled ...