Japan's nuclear watchdog on Wednesday formally disqualified a reactor in Fukui Prefecture from restarting, the first ...

Japan’s nuclear watchdog has formally disqualified a reactor in the country’s north-central region from starting.

A nuclear reactor in northeastern Japan will be halted just days after becoming the first one to restart in the region since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster, the plant operator said Sunday, ...

BMKG has recorded four earthquakes of which tremors could be felt throughout the day. Two earthquakes occurred earlier in the ...

The quake's epicentre was 10km under sea level, off the northeast Coast of Amami-Oshima Island, the country's meteorological ...

A dead oarfish spotted along the Southern California coast marks the state's third sighting of the so-called "doomsday fish" ...

Japan's growth slowed in the third quarter after warnings of a major earthquake hit activity, official data showed Friday, as ...

This month's sighting was only the 21st time the fish has been documented to have washed up in California since 1901, according to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

Causing 18,000 fatalities and great devastation in Japan, on March 11, 2011, a tsunami struck Japan that was triggered by a ...

A deep sea oarfish washed up in Southern California. Japanese folklore suggests seeing the rare fish is a bad omen, some ...

A silvery 10-foot long creature, the oarfish has fueled fishermen's tales of sea serpents — and in some cultures has been a portent of natural disasters.

The context: On Nov. 6, a researcher on an Encinitas beach spotted an oarfish, measuring 9 to 10 feet long. The fish typically swim at depths of 300 to 3,000 feet and are rarely seen on the surface.