At 2:46 p.m. on Tuesday, Japan observed a moment of silence to mark the 14th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake ...

A Japanese government panel also predicted that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 could occur near the trench within 30 ...

Scientists warn seismic energy accumulating under the Chishima Trench off Hokkaido has the potential to trigger a magnitude-8 ...

No major tremor has been observed, the Japan Meteorological Agency said after the quake struck along the island chain in the ocean around 600 km (370 miles) south of Tokyo.

A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

A research team in Japan has warned that unreleased stress energy at an undersea trench off northern Japan has become large ...

MISHIMA, Shizuoka -- On March 11, 89 children at a kindergarten here practiced the "pill bug pose," crouching and covering ...

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast and triggered a ...

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating earthquake and tsunami rocked the country's northeast and triggered a ...

A committee in Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture organized fireworks in an effort to brighten up the city that experienced ...

In February, eight school officials from Taiwan visited the ruins of an elementary school building preserved in Namie, ...