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The governor of Niigata on Tuesday formally gave local consent to put two reactors at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant in the north-central prefecture back online, clearing a last hurdle ...

The earthquake struck around 26 miles northeast of the town of Goroka in the country's Eastern Highlands province.

For nigh on 1,000 years, the Japanese pirates have wreaked havoc…they respect only force, and their hearts are bursting with malice.” This month China’s armed forces released these verses on social ...

If you want an example of tragedy turned into beauty, look no further than Yamashita Park in Yokohama. The park rose from the rubble of the Great Kanto Earthquake. Built using repurposed debris from ...

The decision came during a morning general assembly, after workers had adopted the walkout unanimously earlier this week.

Japan is lifting a megaquake advisory for the country’s northeastern coast, a week after a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck ...

A strong, 6.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean on Friday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:44 a.m. Japan time about 71 miles northeast ...

The quake struck the country's north just days after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake in the same region injured 50 people.

Tsunami alert lifted after 6.9-magnitude tremor prompts evacuations along Pacific coast - Details on damage and injuries from ...

A few days have passed since the earthquake that registered an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic scale in Aomori ...

The Pacific coast of Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures could see a tsunami of up to 1 meter (3.2 feet), the agency added.