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 ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

Monday marks the Tanabata star festival in Japan. Part of the festival involves writing wishes on paper strips -- "tanzaku" ...

Incredibly, the first edition of ‘The Future I Saw’ warned that a natural disaster would occur in March 2011 – the very same ...

In Japan's disaster-readiness culture, essentials are often stored near the entryway—your genkan, so they're easy to grab ...

Residents of Tokara village in Japan have reported severe disruption to their daily lives due to the repeated earthquakes.

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

TOKYO: A remote island chain in southern Japan has been shaken by more than 900 quakes in the last two weeks, the weather ...