A magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in July 2025, making it the strongest global quake since Japan’s 2011 Tohoku disaster and among the most powerful ever recorded. The ...

A strong inland earthquake in southwestern Japan trapped people inside a shopping center and damaged infrastructure. Here's ...

A powerful magnitude 7.1 earthquake has struck Kumamoto in Kyushu, southern Japan, triggering a tsunami warning on July 28. Here is the science of what caused it, which tectonic plates were involved, ...

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto region on Tuesday, leaving several people injured.

Researchers developed a "super silk" with less shrinking, and Remade funds textile circularity research projects.

Tohoku is just a couple of hours north of Tokyo by bullet train, yet only 6 per cent of overseas visitors visited last year.

Japan's 'Tokyo Cool Biz' campaign is encouraging lighter office clothing during extreme heat, but the policy has also sparked ...

Office workers have bickered for decades over everything from “sexist” airconditioning levels to what falls within “smart ...

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government wants workers to ditch the suit and tie for t-shirts, trainers - and shorts.

Less than half of foreign travelers know at least one of the eight major sightseeing areas in the Tohoku region and just 16 ...

A ceremony was held Saturday to mark the opening of a monorail in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, hit hard by the devastating ...

With summer set to start in full, an initiative to grow vines such as bitter melon and morning glory to gain cooling effects ...