The government aims to launch the agency, which will be headed by the prime minister and also have a dedicated minister, in autumn.

TV Asahi and KDDI Smart Drone launch a drone port-based system to deliver rapid aerial footage during disasters across Japan.

As of the end of 2025, the cumulative number of deaths indirectly linked to the massive March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan had reached 3,810, with little sign that such losses will cease ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tokyo Electric Power Company's Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Nuclear Power Plant in Kashiwazaki, Niigata, Japan on June 17, 2025. - The Asahi ...

The world witnessed one of the worst nuclear disasters in history. The Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster, triggered by a magnitude 9.1 earthquake and the resulting tsunami, caused a chain ...

Japanese Emperor Naruhito has expressed concern about the scars that remain for survivors of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in comments released for his 66th birthday Monday just ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Citing cultural problems as the reason for the 2011 Japan nuclear reactor disaster is risky because some of the key problems involving regulation and technical issues could ...