A government panel has revised its damage estimate for an anticipated mega-quake in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific ...

“The cities of Tokyo and Yokohama, and surrounding towns and villages, have been largely if not completely destroyed by earthquake, fire and flood, with a resultant appalling loss of life and ...

YOKOHAMA--Historic negatives that capture the destruction to this port city close to Tokyo caused by the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake are causing a stir among researchers. Twenty-eight glass dry ...

The Chinese embassy in Tokyo appears to have inadvertently exacerbated concerns about the possibility of a major earthquake occurring in Japan this summer – drawing attention to previous rumours ...

On Sept. 1, 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were engulfed by horrific fires spawned by the Great Kanto Earthquake. A century later, Japanese should ask themselves whether the nation’s capital ...

(earthquake) yelled a Japanese ... The Tamagawa River, which divides the two prefectures of which Tokyo and Yokohama are the principal cities, formed also the dividing line between the two ...

Earlier this month, an earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck ... The figure is 82 percent for Yokohama and 81 percent for Mito. Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward is located in an area with 48 percent probability.

United States Forces Japan (USFJ) actively promotes their use when deployed to help following disasters such as the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ... Yokohama, and runs circular flights along ...