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MORE POWERFUL MAGNITUDE-7.3 QUAKE ROCKS KUMAMOTO, KILLS DOZENS
Another strong earthquake rocked Kumamoto Prefecture early Saturday, killing dozens and injuring hundreds more, bringing the combined death toll since Thursday to at least 41... READ MORE›
JAPAN HIT BY SECOND POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE
He called off a visit to Kumamoto on Saturday after the new earthquakes struck... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS SECOND MASSIVE QUAKE HITS JAPAN
The earthquake hit Kumamoto prefecture for a second time following a 6.4 earthquake on April 14, 2016, that killed nine people... READ MORE›
KUMAMOTO QUAKE INFO: WHERE TO GO, HOW TO HELP
Starting with a magnitude-6.5 quake on April 14, a series of major earthquakes have hit the central Kumamoto area of Japan, causing deaths, injury and wide... READ MORE›
MORE THAN 40 ARE CONFIRMED DEAD IN JAPAN EARTHQUAKES
Aftershocks shook the area throughout Saturday, more than 100 of them strong enough to damage buildings, the Meteorological Agency reported... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE STRIKES ISLAND IN JAPAN KILLING AT LEAST 9
The earthquake knocked an out-of-service Shinkansen bullet train off its rails, JR Kyushu Railway reported... READ MORE›
CONNECTIVITY NEWS AND SOCIAL MEDIA BECOME CRUCIAL LIFELINES IN QUAKE-HIT AREAS
-- said they had activated emergency public WiFi hot spots in Kumamoto Prefecture... READ MORE›
JAPAN QUAKES KILL AT LEAST 32, RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE TRAPPED
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that 1,500 people had been injured in the quakes... READ MORE›
EARTHQUAKE HITS JAPAN, KNOCKING OVER HOUSES, POSSIBLY TRAPPING RESIDENTS
Japanese Red Cross Kumamoto Hospital said it has admitted or treated 45 people, including five with serious injuries... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKES: THOUSANDS OF TROOPS POUR IN TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS
Minor eruptions took place at Sakurajima in Kagoshima prefecture and Asosan in Kumamoto prefecture over the weekend... READ MORE›
ANCIENT 'CHERRY BLOSSOM GATE' DESTROYED IN JAPAN QUAKE
Mount Aso, an active volcano near the shrine, had a small eruption after the violent earthquake of magnitude 7.3... READ MORE›
INTERNATIONAL TREATY ON CURBING MERCURY POLLUTION ENTERS INTO FORCE
A survivor of Minamata disease, Shinobu Sakamoto, will also attend the conference to speak about her life and issues faced by survivors... READ MORE›
CONCERNS RAISED OVER SUPPORT SERVICES FOR DISABLED EARTHQUAKE EVACUEES
Aside from the 48 fatalities, 10 people have died in Kumamoto Prefecture from quake-related issues such as illness, stress and fatigue, the Kumamoto Prefectural Government said Wednesday... READ MORE›
DOZENS IN JAPAN KILLED BY QUAKES AS RESCUERS RUSH TO FREE SURVIVORS
Police in Kumamoto prefecture said that at least 32 people had died from Saturday morning's earthquake... READ MORE›
STRONG QUAKE KILLS 9 INJURES MORE THAN 760 IN JAPAN
At a depth of 11 kilometers 7 miles near Kumamoto city on the island of Kyushu, the Japan Meteorological Agency said... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS MORE THAN 120 AFTERSHOCKS ROCK KUMAMOTO
A man walks near a damaged road caused by an earthquake in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo Friday... READ MORE›
11 MISSING IN JAPAN QUAKES, U.S. TO JOIN RELIEF EFFORT
Local residents look at cracks caused by an earthquake on a road in Mashiki town, Kumamoto prefecture in southern Japan... READ MORE›
NEW JAPAN EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE-7.3 PROMPTS TSUNAMI ADVISORY NEAR KUMAMOTO
At least 10 people were trapped under debris Saturday local time in Japan after a magnitude-7.3 earthquake, NHK reported... READ MORE›
JAPAN EARTHQUAKE: KUMAMOTO AIRPORT SHUT DOWN, FLIGHTS CANCELLED AS RAIN HAMPERS RESCUE EFFORTS
A part of the Oita Expressway in the city of Yufu also suffered damage while several other roads and railway lines were severely damaged... READ MORE›
EIGHT-MONTH-OLD BABY RESCUED FROM RUBBLE AFTER POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE
The Japanese Nuclear Regulation Authority said there had been no irregularities at the three nuclear plants on Kyushu and nearby Shikoku island... READ MORE›
JAPAN TO WITHDRAW BID FOR WORLD HERITAGE LISTING OF NAGASAKI, KUMAMOTO SITES
Japan to withdraw bid for World Heritage listing of Nagasaki, Kumamoto sites sources... READ MORE›
STRONG QUAKE KILLS 2 INJURES 45 IN JAPAN
Thursday at a depth of 11 kilometers 7 miles near Kumamoto city on the island of Kyushu, the Japan Meteorological Agency said... READ MORE›
CARS OFFER DRY RESPITE AS RAIN MENACES EVACUEES OF TWO-PUNCH KUMAMOTO QUAKES
Police in Kumamoto Prefecture said that at least 32 people had died from Saturday morning's earthquake... READ MORE›
TWO STRONG QUAKES KILL 41 IN SW JAPAN, HEAVY RAIN PREDICTED IN QUAKE-HIT REGION[1]
At least 32 people were confirmed dead after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's southwestern Kumamoto Prefecture in the early hours of Saturday... READ MORE›
POWERFUL EARTHQUAKE KILLS AT LEAST 41 IN ECUADOR; TOLL EXPECTED TO RISE AS REPORTS FLOOD IN
A powerful, 7.8-magnitude earthquake shook Ecuador's central coast on Saturday, killing at least 41 people and spreading panic hundreds of kilometers away... READ MORE›
JAPAN'S SOUTHWEST ROCKED AGAIN BY MAJOR QUAKE, EMERGENCY SERVICES GEAR UP FOR CASUALTIES[1]
Japan's southwest rocked again by major quake, emergency services gear up for casualties 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn... READ MORE›
SOME SLEEP IN CARS AFTER 2 NIGHTS OF QUAKES KILL 41 IN JAPAN
Police in Kumamoto prefecture said that at least 32 people had died from Saturday morning's earthquake... READ MORE›
DEATH TOLL RISES AS FEARS TURN TO TRAPPED VICTIMS AND LANDSLIDES
The site of a landslide caused by an earthquake is seen in Minamiaso town in Kumamoto Prefecture in southern Japan, April 16, 2016... READ MORE›
2ND STRONG QUAKE HITS SOUTHERN JAPAN; SOME REPORTED TRAPPED
Meanwhile, the Kumamoto prefecture reported that a tenth person had died in the 6.5 magnitude quake that struck late Thursday... READ MORE›
JAPAN TO SCRAP WORLD HERITAGE BID FOR HISTORIC CHRISTIAN SITES IN KYUSHU
The Cabinet on Tuesday approved withdrawing its bid for UNESCO to add churches and other Christian sites in southwestern Japan to the World Heritage register... READ MORE›