A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said, prompting authorities to issue a tsunami advisory.

The quake was centered just offshore of Kyushu, about 7 miles east of the coastal town of Miyazaki, about 520 miles southwest of Tokyo. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded it as a preliminary ...

On a remote volcanic island south of Kyushu, Japan’s ambitious plan to build ... construction crews diverted to rebuild earthquake-damaged areas on the Noto peninsula, raw material shortages ...

TOKYO -- A tsunami advisory was issued for part of southwest Japan after a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck Monday, but the ...

One man was slightly injured in Kyushu after falling down some ... monitoring posts for nuclear plants in the area. Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes due to its location along the “Ring ...

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 hit southwestern Japan on Monday, triggering public warnings to stay away from coastal areas because of a tsunami advisory, which was later ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

Tsunami warnings have also been issued for Miyazaki Prefecture, where the temblor was centred, in the southwestern island of Kyushu ... clear. Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because ...

A quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 struck the Kyushu region at 9:19pm, local time, on Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The earthquake was later revised to magnitude-6.6 ...