Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

TOKYO - Japan must act immediately to improve its fiscal health as the risks of natural disasters mount and social security ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said it is focusing on three “priority actions” this year to further improve the country’s ...

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for example, has never seen a death or serious injury due to an earthquake or ...

Morocco is nearing the completion of a major earthquake monitoring enhancement project launched in March 2024 in ...

Since joining the Colombo Plan in 1954, Japan has provided financial and technical cooperation to low-resource countries ...

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9.0 earthquake sent a tsunami hurtling towards Japan's east coast, killing 20,000 people, wiping out 120,000 buildings and sparking a partial meltdown at the Fukushima ...

We stand in solidarity with all those impacted by this tragedy and recognize the urgency of the situation,” OCD Administrator ...

The Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami forever changed ... Yet, he now realizes that the natural disasters also led to new ties with volunteers who came to the Tohoku region and that those ...

Residents in Hokkaido, Japan became stuck in their homes after a record-breaking 4 feet of snow fell in the region in just 12 ...

Thousands of individuals in the central part of the capital could not return to their homes following the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake ... during times of natural disasters because ...

Deputy Director for the Asia and Pacific Department, Mission Chief for Japan, IMF ...