Countries around the world have experienced an uptick in natural disasters and home insurance costs, but each country has ...

Japan has turned to nuclear power more than a decade after the triple meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant. Japan is ...

The aim of the policy is to enable local governments that will provide support, and the prefectures expected to receive help, to conduct joint disaster drills and other preparations.

I’ve been thinking about freedom and suffering and the human family. The news and pictures from Syria are very disturbing as were similar reports from Libya, Egypt and other countries deemed ...

The Office of Civil Defense (OCD) said it is focusing on three “priority actions” this year to further improve the country’s national civil defense and disaster risk reduction and management program.

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

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

Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is the first Asian leader to visit the second Trump administration. He faces challenges in overcoming President Trump's skepticism toward alliances.

Japan experiences more earthquakes than any country. But its transit system remains remarkably safe. The bullet train, for ...