Japan has lifted its special earthquake advisory, issued after a powerful 7.7-magnitude quake, but officials still caution ...

Although an earthquake and tsunami did hit Japan on April 20, 2026, Tempo's fact-check team found that the circulating video ...

Volunteer firefighter Ryota Haga is working to contain a wildfire raging for a sixth ​day that is threatening his community ...

Japan has deployed 1,400 firefighters and dozens of Self-Defence Force personnel to battle mountain blazes that have been ...

A 6.1 magnitude earthquak struck Japan's Hokkaido island on Monday (April 27) morning.The quake, which happened at about ...

A strong earthquake rattled Japan's northern island of Hokkaido early Monday, US and Japanese meteorological agencies ...

Sunday, April 26, marks the 40th anniversary of the world’s worst nuclear power plant accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power ...

Two mountain fires broke out in the town of Otsuchi in Iwate Prefecture on Wednesday afternoon, and the blazes continued on ...

There were no immediate reports of casualties or major damage, Japan's top government spokesperson Minoru Kihara told a news ...

Mud-rich coastlines could face a greater tsunami risk, at least that may have been the case for the 2011 Tōhoku-oki tsunami ...

Reconstruction and land development in coastal areas of the Tohoku region are nearly complete, 13 years after the destruction ...