As Japan marks the 100th anniversary of broadcasting in the country this year, the raison d'etre of this means of ...

The Catholic Church’s weekly newspaper in Japan ended its 102-year history with the March 30 edition, unable to bear the ...

On Sept. 1, 1923, Tokyo and Yokohama were engulfed by horrific fires spawned by the Great Kanto Earthquake. A century later, Japanese should ask themselves whether the nation’s capital, a ...

Typhoons, earthquakes and torrential downpours have caused large-scale damage throughout Japan, but now the city is using a series of advanced prevention measures to make sure it's disaster-proof ...

Memorial ceremonies and disaster drills were held across the nation on Sept. 1 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake, which devastated the capital and surrounding areas.

The Japanese government on Friday held an annual drill simulating its response to a major earthquake that could hit greater Tokyo. September 1 is designated as Disaster Prevention Day in Japan ...

NHK's archives house an extensive collection of photographs and videos of central Tokyo taken soon after the Great Kanto Earthquake that hit eastern Japan in 1923. In a then-and-now series, we ...

The film is set on September 1th, 1923 , when a huge earthquake hits Tokyo . The quake caused buildings to collapse, and the city was reduced to ashes by fire. The Great Kanto Earthquake killed ...