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

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

Since the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011, Japan has restarted 14 reactors of its plant that remain operable as it tries ...

The deadliest volcanic disaster in Japan’s history did not end with fire or ash, but with water. When the slopes of a restless mountain collapsed into the sea in 1792, the impact hurled a towering ...

The magnitude 7.5 earthquake that occurred off northeastern Japan recently highlighted the need for Japan to provide safety ...

The Japanese government on Friday adopted an outline of an envisaged disaster management agency, including its organizational structure and operations. Aiming to set up the agency in 2026, the governm ...

Japan’s Niigata region approved restarting the world’s largest nuclear plant, nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

Medical Team comprising doctors, medical experts, relief personnel and rescue specialists, arrived in Colombo last night to strengthen emergency humanitarian operations. ..

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 ...

Japanese authorities have approved a decision to restart the world’s biggest nuclear power plant, which has sat dormant for more than a decade following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, in a pivotal ...