While various memorial events were held in the areas of the Tohoku region in northern Japan most affected by the quake and tsunami, residents of Kobe in western Japan also observed a moment of ...

Patricia Campos stood before a memorial displaying photos of flood victims, one of dozens of Mexican volunteer rescuers ...

If you could talk to a loved one who died, what would you say? Would you tell them they’re missed? Would you talk about the vagaries of your day? Would you recall your lives together?

Located in a garden, device provides symbolic and private space where individuals can 'speak' to loved ones who have passed ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

Scientists detected a slow-motion earthquake off Japan, offering rare insight into hidden faults and tsunami risks beneath ...

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

A flower is seen on a monument with the names of those killed in Srebrenica genocide, at the Memorial Center in Potocari, ...

Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors in recent weeks.The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant ...

Visits are banned by Russia, which occupies Kunashiri, Etorofu, Shikotan, and the Habomai islets, off Hokkaido ...

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.

It is the first time that a Japanese emperor has mourned at a site where Japanese people were detained abroad, according to the Imperial Household Agency.