1514 Meanwhile, the Shinmoedake volcano in southern Japan has resumed eruptions of ash and rocks after a couple of weeks of inactivity, Japan's meteorological agency has said. It is unclear if the ...

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall, paper mill and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 13 ...

A strong earthquake struck Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, around 10:30 p.m. on June 26, with its epicenter in the area north of Mount Fuji. No tsunami warning was issued. The quake, with an ...

Japanese authorities say at least 48 people are killed and over a dozen injured after powerful earthquake target the pacific ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 One of the fortress’s stone walls partially collapsed on Tuesday as a magnitude-7.1 earthquake rocked the south-west of ...

Emergency workers attempting to rescue survivors after a recent earthquake in Kyushu, Japan, also had to cope with extreme summer heat. Extreme heat affects almost every aspect of an emergency ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LONDON -- At least 13 people died in the aftermath of a powerful 6.8 earthquake that rattled southern Japan, with the death toll ...

Japan’s non-life insurers paid ¥23.78 billion across 30,838 residential claims following the July 28, 2026, Kumamoto earthquake, according to data released by the General Insurance Association of ...

Japan's government has updated its assessment of the country's earthquake risk, with one densely-populated western region now facing as much as a 60 per cent chance of a major quake within the next 30 ...