Japan’s plans to transform the remote uninhabited island of Mageshima into a strategic military hub have hit a wall.

Imagine waking up to find a massive lake that wasn’t there yesterday—only for it to vanish overnight! These 20 mysterious lakes around the world appear and disappear in ways that baffle scientists.

The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11 ... Prefecture and upper 5 in parts of Tokyo to a barely perceptible 1 in Kyushu. There have been only five occasions when a level 7 was recorded ...

Transit in most global cities is government-run. But in Japan, that’s not the case. There, private companies run a sprawling ...

Japanese mobile carrier KDDI Corporation has launched Starlink's WiFi service on-board an overnight ferry. In an announcement, KDDI confirmed the service will be free to use for customers, and said it ...

An unprecedented left-handed batter raised in Japan has accomplished yet another feat. His brilliant performances and ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

The magnitude 7.9 Bonin Islands earthquake sequence, which ruptured deep within the earth near the base of the upper mantle, did not include an aftershock that extended to record depths into the lower ...

BOISE, Idaho – A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported in southern Idaho on Monday morning. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was reported just after 9:30 a.m. local time about 16 ...

A 3.8-magnitude earthquake struck near York Harbor, Maine, early Monday, sending tremors as far south as Boston and as far west as Albany, New York. The quake, detected approximately 12 miles ...