The government has adopted an outline of the envisaged agency, including its organizational structure and operations, ahead ...

Japan's Cabinet endorsed on Friday a basic policy for the establishment of a disaster management agency next November, ...

Wingcopter 198 drones to be used in Japan for large-area LiDAR aerial surveying and disaster management mapping.

Summer is one of the busiest travel times of the year, but some people who have upcoming itineraries in Japan may be rethinking their plans. The reason: a Japanese comic book, or manga, that warns of ...

Some believe she foretold the devastating 2011 tsunami in Japan that killed more than 15,000 people and urban legend goes she also predicted the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, another premonition of a major ...

The new agency will be under direct Cabinet supervision. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Depopulation and shrinking tax revenues are making it harder for the country to maintain basic lifelines or rebuild after ...

In a country where natural disasters are a constant threat, Japan has launched its first private-sector network dedicated to supporting evacuees, aiming to prevent avoidable deaths and safeguard human ...

An employee of Japan's nuclear regulator lost his phone containing highly sensitive information in China while on a personal ...

One month after an earthquake and tsunami struck Japan’s northeast coast, donors in the United States have contributed more than $246.9-million to relief and recovery efforts, according to a Chronicle ...

March 21, 2011— -- When I heard the news that Toyota had decided to delay production of vehicles in its Japanese plants for another week -- and that Honda had already done so -- my immediate ...