To this day, family gatherings at the memorial site happen frequently as a way to keep his memory alive at a place he loved so dearly.

To understand why the Tohoku earthquake was so unusually powerful – and why it produced such a catastrophic tsunami – an ...

Fifteen years after a tsunami caused the Fukushima nuclear accident, only bears, raccoons and boar are seen on the streets. But the authorities and some locals want people to move back ...

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world ...

Seven Japanese American soldiers are being promoted to officer ranks in a solemn ceremony that comes eight decades after they ...

At the train station we’re the only passengers who get off. At our accommodation, we’re the first foreigners our host has seen in a long time.

A white, weathered store stands quietly in a deserted area of Namie town in Fukushima Prefecture, an area evacuated after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Inside the dilapidated building, ...

The earthquake's epicentre was located in Shimane Prefecture. Multiple earthquakes, including one at 6.2 magnitude, struck western Japan late Tuesday morning local time, centered in Shimane Prefecture ...

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake hit western Japan on Tuesday but there was no danger of a tsunami. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, occurred in Shimane prefecture in northwestern Japan ...

TOKYO — A strong earthquake shook western Japan on Tuesday, but no major damage or life-threatening injuries were reported. The magnitude 6.4 quake struck in Shimane prefecture in northwestern Japan, ...