Japan natural disasters

The earthquake that struck Japan on New Year’s Day caused a grave tragedy but a political crisis, like that seen in 2011, seems to have been dodged.

The typhoon already injured 41 people and knocked out power for nearly a third of homes on Okinawa. Now it’s expected to return.

LGBT+ people found themselves marginalized from Japan’s state-run disaster relief – so they created their own alternatives. That can serve as a model for other efforts around the world.

The powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit an area that was devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Survivor Ueno Shigeki reflects on the unimaginable 2011 earthquake and tsunami, which decimated his coastal hometown of Kesennuma.

Once again, Japan's rainy season is taking a deadly turn this year.

Flooding in Kyushu has forced about 3 million residents to evacuate.

Following Typhoon Hagibis’ trail of destruction, worsening natural disasters are taking a toll on Japan’s economic outlook.

As survivors and bereaved families remember the victims of last year’s floods, residents prepare for another potentially deadly rainy season.

Just days after “National Disaster Prevention Day,” a powerful earthquake jolted Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido.

Recent disasters in Japan and its responses present valuable lessons for Southeast Asia's infrastructure boom.