The Quad grouping of India, Australia, Japan and the U.S. said in a joint statement on Thursday (April 3, 2025) that it was ‘coordinating efforts’ to provide assistance to earthquake-hit Myanmar.

A mega-thrust earthquake from the Cascadia Subduction Zone would be as strong as magnitude 9 or higher, on par with the 2011 Tohoku quake that decimated the coast of Japan, causing nearly 20,000 ...

The elegant bridge was used by the former Japanese National Railways on its ... pier from the south end toppled in the Tokachi-Oki earthquake, and the upper part of the fourth column broke off ...

Myanmar's military is limiting humanitarian aid in numerous earthquake areas ... and outside the venue protesters hung a banner from a bridge reading: "We do not welcome murderer Min Aung Hlaing." ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

The Japan Meteorological Agency has a unique seismic scale called shindo that measures the degree of shaking in the event of an earthquake. This set of numbers — ranging from 0 to 7 — is ...

IBARAKI, Osaka (Japan): The country’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has opened in Ibaraki, Osaka Prefecture. The 420-meter-long bridge was built across a lake created by a dam and is ...

That level of damage would far exceed the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 20,000 people. But the Cabinet Office also said the damage could be reduced by 80 ...

Myanmar's religious temples stood as symbols of faith and history. After the recent 7.7 magnitude earthquake, many are wondering: will they ever rise again or are they lost forever? This building ...

NANAO, Ishikawa — After a one-year delay due to the earthquake disaster in January 2024 ... Add TheJapanNews to your Google News feed. Japan Oct.-Dec. GDP Revised Down to 2.2 Pct Annual Rise Japan ...