A senior ruling party lawmaker plans to step down from a key post in the upper house after coming under fire for describing ...

According to a senior official of the ruling LDP, Yosuke Tsuruho is poised to step down as chairman of the Budget Committee ...

A survey found that some people described a gap between those who could access information and those who could not after the ...

A senior ruling party lawmaker on Wednesday faced a chorus of criticism for suggesting an earthquake that struck the Noto P ...

Japan’s Noto Peninsula was rocked by an earthquake that killed 241 people and injured nearly 1,300 more. But what stunned experts most was that there were no early signs - it took scientists ...

Tuesday marks 18 months since a powerful earthquake hit areas along the Sea of Japan coast including Noto Peninsula on New ...

Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee warned the quake can occur in any of the 23 active faults and fault zones spanning at least 20 kilometres in the Sea of Japan ...

A REMOTE island chain has been rocked by more than 900 terrifying earthquakes in two weeks – forcing its residents to stay up ...

On Jan. 1, 2024, a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the Noto Peninsula in Japan, resulting in extensive damage in the region caused by uplift, when the land rises due to shifting tectonic plates.

A senior ruling party lawmaker on Wednesday faced a chorus of criticism for suggesting an earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in central Japan last year was "fortunate" in showing how ...