The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

On 11 March, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, ...

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

Saitama Prefecture officials said the search for a missing 74-year-old truck stuck in a large sinkhole shifted to an ...

Russia said that its forces had captured the eastern Ukrainian village of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, near the strategic military hub ...

Designed to temporarily store rainwater underground, the plastic rainwater storage system boasts high durability, a porosity exceeding 95%, and easy installation.

Those stories originated in Japan, where some taxi drivers in the city of Ishinomaki reported encountering “ghost passengers” ...

7.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Caribbean southwest of Cayman Islands, USGS says ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said it is focusing on three “priority actions” this year to further improve the country’s ...

Feb. 8 (UPI) -- The PlayStation Network was restored Saturday, more than 24 hours after a worldwide outage. PlayStation, ...