Japan faced a massive earthquake, a huge tsunami, and a nuclear meltdown. All things considered, they fared pretty well. Why?

A man accused in the explosives attack on former Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during an election campaign denied his ...

Armed with measuring devices, groups of citizens are embracing science to monitor radioactive fallout — and regain control of ...

Roki Sasaki is Major League Baseball's hottest new star but he had to struggle through adversity to get there, losing his father and grandparents in Japan's deadly 2011 tsunami.

The committee calculates the probability of earthquakes occurring under the sea around Japan ... tsunami. The agency lifted the advisory at 11:50 p.m. on Monday. The operator of the Sendai nuclear ...

In March 2011 ... and ensuing tsunami killed more than 19,000 people and caused a meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. U.S. Forces Japan has pitched in with disaster-relief ...

Shortly after the quake, a 20-centimeter tsunami reached ... Nankai Trough, Japan’s proactive measures and swift action to secure nuclear facilities are commendable, yet this event also calls for a ...

Japan's nuclear plants faced global scrutiny after the devastating 2011 tsunami triggered by a 9.0 magnitude earthquake.

But that day — March 11, 2011 ... recorded in Japan, at a magnitude of 9.1 — and resulting tsunami killed more than 18,000 and remains the costliest natural disaster to date.

The 2011 tsunami also sent three reactors into meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing Japan’s worst post-war disaster and the world’s worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl.

TOKYO — Japan issued a tsunami advisory on Monday after a magnitude ... No problems were detected at the various monitoring posts for nuclear plants in the area. Japan is frequently hit by ...