From earthquake warnings to bear attack alerts, Beijing is deploying a campaign of exaggeration and disinformation to punish ...

The backup dam, which stands just downstream from the original, was built in 2005 after experts determined the original dam would not survive a 7.3 earthquake similar to the 1886 Charleston quake. The ...

The Japanese government has drafted a plan that calls for local civil servants nationwide to promptly start supporting administrative workers in the greater Tokyo area, if a huge earthquake strikes ...

The government has identified the site, Minamitorishima, Japan’s easternmost island. Uninhabited and off-limits to tourists, it has “some unexplored landmass capable of hosting a facility, ...

Kashiwazaki, a Japanese city hosting the world's largest nuclear-power plant, grapples with economic dependence on atomic energy while facing population decline and Tokyo's pull.

From Edo’s fires and earthquakes to a rail network that moves 40 million riders a day, Tokyo is a case study in how a megacity can actually function. This episode follows the decisions, systems, and ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito has expressed concern about the scars that remain for survivors of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in comments released for his 66th birthday Monday just ...

For nuclear boosters, it shows that atomic energy still has a future in Japan. For critics, it marks the unwelcome revival of ...

Tokyo Scramble is a mess of a game, and it’s not even so bad that some part of it's good. I wasted about five hours on it.

A fish festival is underway at Yoyogi Park in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. It features seafood from Fukushima, a prefecture hit hard by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

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Even buildings as remarkable as Mr. Kikutake’s Miyakonojo Civic Center, with its segmented roof arched like a baby stroller, fell prey. Similarly, Japan’s shrinking population has stimulated the ...