The life-preserving backpack is the brainchild of newspaper delivery agent Joji Shimizu who was left dumbfounded by the loss of life at a public elementary school in northeastern Japan as a ...

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake and resulting tsunami struck Japan’s northeastern coast, killing nearly 20,000 ...

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani shared his support for Japan on Tuesday, the 14th anniversary of the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. A 9.0 magnitude earthquake struck east Japan in the ...

People across Japan bowed their heads and prayed on March 11 for the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami that devastated northeastern Japan 14 years ago. Prime Minister Shigeru ...

Japan faces the constant risk of natural calamities striking anywhere at any time. To save as many lives as possible, it is ...

Along the coast of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, where a tsunami swept away entire communities on March 11, 2011, a single tree remains as a symbol of endurance. Known as the Miracle Pine ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

However, on March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake unleashed a devastating tsunami that irrevocably altered the landscape and the hotel’s fate. The tsunami, with waves reaching heights ...

I found myself in a small town in Northern Japan called Unosumai. The town had been completely wiped out by the earthquake ...

A woman who experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake as a child is now working for a local railway company, serving as a ...

The veteran commercial real estate broker and entrepreneur has built a career around his skill in speaking Japanese.