Kumamoto faces a “double disaster,” as rescuers work in 100 degree heat, and shelters with limited air-conditioning put ...

Authorities have ended a massive search-and-rescue operation at a collapsed shopping mall in southwest Japan following a powerful earthquake that killed 34 people earlier this week.

Thousands of survivors of a powerful earthquake in southwestern Japan have spent Friday in crowded shelters or sleeping in ...

Japan is reeling under punishing summer temperatures, with highs reaching 36C (97F). Japan's weather agency and the ministry of the environment issued an extreme heat alert for Kumamoto City on Friday ...

KUMAMOTO -- A woman in her 60s was temporarily knocked unconscious after colliding with another cyclist while riding in ...

Authorities ended the search at Kumamoto's collapsed Aeon Mall after accounting for everyone reported missing. The wider disaster response remains urgent as shortages, heat and damage continue to ...

Volunteers from northeastern Japan have brought relief supplies and prepared a warm meal for people sheltering in Yatsushiro City following Tuesday's powerful quake in Kumamoto Prefecture. It was to ...

Ryunosuke Animal Hospital had learned from the 2016 quake that pet owners were often turned away from evacuation shelters When a powerful earthquake jolted southern ⁠Japan this week, rattling ⁠homes ...

TOKYO — Japanese authorities ended a five-day search-and-rescue operation at a collapsed shopping mall on Saturday after a powerful earthquake that struck southwestern Japan earlier this week killed ...

Japan is not only a land of temples and shrines ... but also mosques. The latter is due to a sharp rise in marriages between Muslims and Japanese citizens and Japanese converts over two decades that ...