HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Prefecture--Construction is complete on one of the biggest breakwaters in Japan, a massive seawall built alongside coastal areas here to prevent flooding in the event of a tsunami.

Off the southwest coast of Japan, a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper sank after catching fire the day before.

JS Ukushima, a Sugashima-class minesweeper assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, reported that its engine room caught fire to the country's coast guard while sailing off the island of ...

Off the southwest coast of Japan, a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force minesweeper ... Another sailor from the same area was ...

A new scientific study reveals the complex relationship between the impacts of climate change and the adaptive responses of coastal fishers in the southern coasts of Japan.

Thousands of people in Japan are spending the night in evacuation ... a major tsunami warning was issued for the coastal Noto area in Ishikawa - near the quake's epicentre - with authorities ...

A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan will be halted just days after becoming the first one to restart in the region since ...

TOKYO - Japan issued an evacuation advisory for the coastal areas of the southern prefecture of Okinawa after a powerful earthquake triggered a tsunami warning. Tsunami waves of up to 3 metres ...

A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan was halted Monday for checks the plant operator said just days after it became the first to restart in the r ...

Japan has issued a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region. A series of earthquakes also struck nearby areas, with residents in several coastal prefectures ...

More than 30% of people in their 20s to 30s in Japan were unaware the government had issued an advisory for a potential ...

A pod of killer whales appeared to be stuck in drift ice off the coast of Japan, but now appear to have ... becoming stuck in drift ice in the same area, according to local media.