TOKYO, July 30 (Reuters) - Following are companies that have suspended operations in Japan's Kumamoto and nearby prefectures ...

The 6.8-magnitude quake in southwestern Japan killed at least 13 people and injured dozens of others. Crews were trying to ...

The centuries-old castle, one of the country’s best-known, was also affected by the region’s 2016 earthquakes.

Japan, like France, is known as a culinary country. But even within Japan, Kumamoto is definitely a foodie’s city. Locals ...

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

Authorities have ended a massive search-and-rescue operation at a collapsed shopping mall in southwest Japan following a ...

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 ...

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped ...

Searchers continued to work in the Kumamoto area, including at the site of the collapsed mall, where some of the most serious ...

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan, injuring dozens and collapsing buildings.

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 ...