KYOTO--Researchers here unearthed the stone ... earned the moniker “fabled castle” because it was destroyed in an earthquake soon after its completion. Historical documents that mention ...

This initiative stemmed from a critical re-evaluation of a belief that the Kansai region of western Japan, which includes Osaka, Kobe and Kyoto, was not susceptible to large earthquakes.

An earthquake expert at Kyoto University says the tremor on Monday could have occurred where tectonic plates meet. Assistant Professor Yamashita Yusuke of Kyoto University's Disaster Prevention ...

Professor Nishimura Takuya of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University ... fluids may have triggered the New Year's Day earthquake. He says careful attention should be ...

on December 21, 1946, an earthquake of considerable severity originated ... Kure, Kobe, Osaka, Kyoto, and Wakayama. The area severely shaken was more than 400 miles long and 150 miles wide ...

Immediately after the earthquake universities and other institutions initiated research on measurement of the temblor, including its aftershocks, with the help of special funds from the Government.

Support Organization JICA・EEHE Project / Mandalay Technological University / JFE Steel Co. General Description of the Research Project This study focuses on the earthquake resilience of bridge ...