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The fishing town of Wajima on Japan's west coast is burnt and broken. At its centre, the remnants of its old marketplace are still smouldering, as if an explosion had just erupted, wiping out an area the size of a football pitch. ( read original story ...)

Ishikawa and its Noto peninsula, one of the worst affected areas, has been hit by more than 100 aftershocks ( read original story ...)

Rescuers in Japan were scrambling to search for survivors on Wednesday as authorities warned of landslides from heavy rain after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 62 people ( read original story ...)

It’s also not the first time a streamer has caught a natural disaster in real time. In February 2023, Twitch streamer Burak “Kirmizi Kep” Şener was filming when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Turkey. He and his family survived the quake, but over 50,000 people were killed in Turkey and 8,000 people were killed in ...

Five people were killed Tuesday after an incoming Japan Airlines Airbus A350 collided with a Japan Coast Guard aircraft on the runway as it touched down at Tokyo's Haneda International Airport, authorities said. ( read original story ...)

The smoking ruins of what was a popular market for tourists and a seven-story building lying on its side testified to the destruction left by a New Year’s Day earthquake in Japan that killed at least 48 people. ( read original story ...)

At least 48 people were killed by a powerful earthquake in Japan yesterday. South Korean opposition leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed this morning. Republican loyalty to Donald Trump and rioters has climbed since the Jan. ( read original story ...)

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Six coastguards were on plane, which was delivering earthquake relief supplies, which hit Japan Airlines plane at Haneda airport ( read original story ...)

Twitter/X limited posts from Japanese disaster alert app NERV just hours after Japan was shaken by an earthquake, severely restricting its ability to share important updates about the subsequent tsunami warning. ( read original story ...)

Japan’s prime minister says the country is facing a ‘battle against time’ to find people affected by earthquakes that reportedly killed at least 30 people, injured dozens and sparked fires that destro ( read original story ...)

It's been nearly 13 years since the devastating earthquake and tsunami that triggered an accident at a nuclear plant in Fukushima.But memories in Japan are still fresh. And on Monday, all of them will have been brought back in to focus as the shaking began in Ishikawa and the tsunami alarms began sounding. ( read ...

A total of 21 quakes above 4.0 magnitude rang out shortly after 4pm local time (7am UK time), and v ideos shared on social media and broadcast on Japanese TV showed how buildings collapsed in Suzu ( read original story ...)

Japanese Emperor Naruhito in his New Year address released Monday expressed hope that people will continue to support each other with ( read original story ...)

Buildings collapse, trapping residents, and fires break out but tsunami warning lowered after series of major earthquakes in Japan ( read original story ...)

Indian Embassy in Japan's action comes after a powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.5 rocked central Japan on Monday, leading to a tsunami warning for the country's western coast, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). ( read original story ...)