Police says they will enhance security in central Japan areas hit by a strong earthquake earlier this month, where thefts and other crimes have been increasing, by installing around 1,000 security cameras at locations including evacuation centers.
The government says damage to infrastructure from the earthquake that rocked central Japan on New Year's Day may reach a maximum 2.6 trillion yen ($17.6 billion).
The powerful New Year's Day earthquake that ravaged a remote central Japan region has left its famed, centuries-old sake-making industry facing the danger of losing some of the craftsmanship it has nu
MIT Geophysicist William Frank discusses the recent earthquake in Japan off the Noto Peninsula, which is part of an earthquake swarm that started in 2020. These swarms are different than subduction earthquakes and are less understood.
An airport in central Japan damaged by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day will resume services for commercial flights later this week, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says..