In recent days, a concerning rumor has been circulating online, claiming that a major earthquake and tsunami will strike Tokyo today. In response, the Japanese government has issued a strong rebuttal, ...

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck Nagano Prefecture in central Japan on Friday, April 18, 2025, at approximately 8:19 p.m. The tremor, which occurred at a depth of about 13 kilometers, caused minor ...

EXCLUSIVE: Japan's next 'big one' earthquake could kill almost 300,000 people, do £1.4trillion worth of damage to the country ...

In the spring of 2013, Ōnishi Katsuya, the mayor of Kuroshio, visited Katada Toshitaka, a specially appointed professor at the University of Tokyo. In the city of Kamaishi, Iwate Prefecture ...

A 10-year-old boy in this western Japan city received the "family disaster preparedness special award" for fiscal 2024 in a ...

Test earthquake simulators, fight mock fires and more at Tokyo’s free disaster training center. Learn how to handle a real ...

Haruki Oku holds a certificate for the "family disaster preparedness ... including Hokudan Earthquake Memorial Park in Hyogo Prefecture and a disaster prevention center in Tokyo.

Japan’s long-dreaded “big one” earthquake could kill almost 300,000 ... that would hit along most of Japan’s coastline west of Tokyo. The new report said a megaquake striking with the ...

Low and mid-rise buildings in Metro Manila need an earthquake safety assessment as many are considered “non-engineered,” Science Secretary Renato Solidum said Tuesday.

During the 2011 earthquake, the Advanced Valuable Communication Center (AVCC) in Tokyo, which provides consulting ... such as a two-day disaster preparedness camp where participants rely on ...

But we eventually locate it and use the handy disaster preparedness guide that the government of Tokyo sent us to check and see if we have the necessities to survive an earthquake. Economics ...