Aeon Mall's president tells a news conference a further three people are missing while rescue workers sift through the rubble ...

A world-class early warning system alerts the public after an initial seismic wave, and autonomously cuts power to trains, ...

Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan, which sits on the boundary ...

Many of the roughly 58,000 households in Yatsushiro, southern Japan, were still without running water or power two days after ...

The Kumamoto prefectural government said at least 34 people were killed in the powerful earthquake that hit southwestern ...

A major earthquake in Japan's southwest killed at least 13 people and left several injured or missing after a shopping center ...

The earthquake struck near Kumamoto, Japan, about 736 miles southwest of Tokyo.

A large earthquake struck Japan’s southern Kumamoto Prefecture on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings in the region.

Emergency services workers are helping after a powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit south-west Japan, damaging buildings and ...

Rescuers are still searching for survivors after a powerful earthquake hit southwestern Japan on Tuesday, killing at least 18 ...

Meanwhile, former White House chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci returns to Capitol Hill for a closely watched Senate ...

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