On a quiet Monday night, the earth beneath Japan's northeastern coast suddenly shook with tremendous force, sending thousands scrambling for safety and triggering urgent tsunami warnings across ...

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

Japan’s meteorological agency is warning that a magnitude 7.5 tremblor off Aomori has temporarily raised the odds — estimated ...

Japan will start operating a revamped weather warning system in late May to help speed evacuation decisions based on the severity of natural disasters, the weather agency and the land ministry said ...

The advisory, which warned of a heightened risk of additional strong quakes, expired at midnight. While residents are no ...

For anyone already travelling in Japan - or planning to - here is what you need to know to stay safe and navigate responsibly during an earthquake.