New research uncovers a surprising clue in earthquake forecasting: tiny curved scratches on fault planes. These marks reveal ...

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 ...

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.

Coral Expeditions has three 14-night Through the Heart of Japan departures in 2025: October 4, October 18 and November 2.

‘Don’t worry about swimwear, you have to be naked for the Onsen hot spring’. And with that, my ‘off the beaten track’ tour ...

A professor at Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, and director of the Emergency and Critical Care Center at Kobe University Hospital, KOTANI ...

Some local trains in Miyazaki Prefecture suspended operations after the quake. An earthquake expert at Kyoto University said Monday's tremor could have occurred where tectonic plates meet.

Donna Burke has been the voice of Japan's bullet train for 20 years now. She also does voice over for Japan's earthquake alert system.

Come pick up your souvenir' -- Their last conversation Sato's final conversation with her mother was about three days before the earthquake. "I went to Kyoto. Come pick up my souvenir for you ...

The main building of Inazawa City Hall in central Japan's Aichi Prefecture is topped with a large roof supported by columns ...

Executive Senior Vice President mentioned a possibility of 40 million international visitors in 2025, "I believe that the ...

According to Norio Maki, a professor of architecture at Kyoto University who studied records of local government responses to major postwar disasters, the Great Hanshin Earthquake prompted a shift ...