A High-Speed Revolution With British Design Japan has introduced the groundbreaking E10 Shinkansen, a high-speed bullet train ...

Great East Japan Earthquake struck in the mid-afternoon, train services in the Tokyo metropolitan area came to a halt for ...

A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

A year after a natural disaster, the resilient artisans of Japan’s Noto Peninsula are forging ahead—with great help from the ...

Jakarta is one of the largest cities in the world and one of the most earthquake-prone. It is located within the Pacific Ring ...

Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...

Drought in the mountainous areas of central and northeastern Japan is contributing to the spread of forest fires on a scale ...

British firm unveils interior designs for Japanese ultra-fast earthquake-proof trains - The E10 Shinkansen train is set to ...

Japan on Tuesday marks the 14th anniversary since a massive earthquake and tsunami hit the nation in 2011, triggering a ...

Bystanders pray at 2:46 p.m., Tuesday, March 11, 2025, in Tokyo, as Japan marks the 14th anniversary of the 2011 earthquake, ...

Earthquakes occur along fault lines between continental plates, where one plate is diving beneath another. Pressure builds between each plate, called fault stress. When this stress builds enough to ...