Miyoshi Umeki was a Japanese-American actress and singer who smashed prejudices when she became the first Asian actress to win an Oscar. Then she smashed expectations when she threw it in the bin.

Geologists discover that a huge prehistoric tsunami carried amber from coastal forests to deep waters in Japan 115 million ...

Over 1,600 quakes hit Japan's Tokara Islands, sparking fears after a manga predicted a megaquake on 5 July. Experts warn ...

A woman’s research into the word “kizuna” (bonds) led to an extensive survey on how foreign technical intern trainees were affected by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami.

Japan pressed forward with the evacuation of residents living across the southwestern Tokara Island chain as a series of ...

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Thailand urged the public to “stay aware, not scared” after a spate of offshore earthquakes sent social media into tsunami ...

In a market often fixated on short-term price swings, fund manager Jeff Dyment of Saphira Group is urging investors to take a ...

A powerful earthquake, registering a preliminary magnitude of 5.4, struck off Japan’s Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture on Sunday. This tre ...

Is your coastal zip code ready for a sudden six-foot drop? No joke it’s the bracing new reality for towns from Northern Cal to Washington, thanks to the powerful Cascadia subduction zone. According to ...

Today is the 90th birthday of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. In an age marred by authoritarian resurgence, geopolitical fragmentation and ethical ambiguity, the Dalai Lama’s voice continues to ...

If the ocean floor had a nervous system, it might look something like this: thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables ...