There are two big challenges when it comes to tsunamis: first making sure people in the tsunami zone are notified and know ...

According to one researcher, the recent uptick in seismic activity is not something to be worried about and is largely linked ...

A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant shows a ...

Fifteen years on from its worst-ever nuclear accident, Japan is welcoming nuclear power back into its energy mix. Senior Fellows Daniel B. Poneman and Clara Gillispie discuss Fukushima’s legacy and ...

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visits the White House on Thursday for meetings that offer U.S. President Donald Trump a chance to lean on a key ​security partner for support in his Iran war, ...

Zenkyoren has returned to the catastrophe bond market to add to its capital market backed aggregate Japanese earthquake reinsurance protection, with an ...

In April 2012, a Harley-Davidson motorcycle was found on Graham Island in the Haida Gwaii archipelago off the coast of British Columbia. It belonged to Ikuo Yokoyama, a survivor of the earthquake and ...

The Mediterranean Sea is widely perceived as having a low tsunami risk. History and recent modeling technology have demonstrated that destructive waves have already hit the French coast and could do ...

For decades, Kotoku Wamura was mocked for building an enormous floodgate in his village. But when a massive tsunami struck, his vision saved an entire town.

The magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011, ravaged parts of the region, killed more than 22,000 people and forced nearly half a million to flee their homes.

Fifteen years ago, the world watched in horror as Japan was struck by the most powerful earthquake in its recorded history — ...

A look back at 60 Minutes' reporting on the deadly 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami which killed nearly 20,000.