Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had billed Tokyo 2020 as an opportunity to show off Japan’s mighty recovery from the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and years of a stagnating economic performance.

Aftershocks remain a concern. Since 2020, the Noto region has experienced five earthquakes with intensities of upper 5 or higher that have caused human casualties.

Japan's west coast suffered a series of major earthquakes and subsequent tsunami warnings on New Year's Day. Dozens of people have died, and aftershocks continue to shake the region.

A strong, shallow earthquake hit central Japan on Friday afternoon, killing at least one person and injuring more than 20 others and disrupting plans for holidaymakers. The magnitude 6.2 quake ...

Japan has become the first country to cover every inch of the faultlines that trigger earthquakes in the country with sensors and cables connecting to hundreds of observatories to ring the alarm ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...