Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...

Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

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People in Japan commemorated the 30th anniversary of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which claimed over 6,400 lives.

a victim of the magnitude-9.0 quake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan in March 2011. "The Great Hanshin Earthquake is the starting point of Japan's earthquake disasters, as the know-how ...

Dashcam footage of the earthquake in Japan on New Year’s Day 2024 has been mislabeled online as showing the magnitude 6.8 earthquake in Tibet on Jan. 7, 2025, that killed 126 people and damaged ...

Japan is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries and sits on the Ring of Fire, a region of seismic faults around the Pacific. In March 2011, a massive magnitude 9 quake — the ...

The quake, centered at a depth of 36 kilometers (22 miles), shook a wide area in Kyushu, the southwestern main island, Japan's Meteorological Agency said. The agency initially gave the depth as 30 ...