A powerful earthquake, with an upgraded magnitude of 6.9 and a depth of about 12 miles, struck off the coast of northern Japan, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

Leaving a car in a secure parking structure usually feels like the safe choice, but even those facilities can be overwhelmed when nature strikes hard. In Japan, an underground parking garage was hit ...

Japanese authorities on Wednesday issued a rare evacuation order for 240,000 people in the country's southwest over flood and landslide fears, as officials confirmed a man was killed in heavy rains.

People can visit the flood protection facility in Kasukabe, which safeguards Tokyo and has shafts large enough to fit the Statue of Liberty After visitors descend stairs winding 50 metres (164 feet) ...