Earlier this month, parliament enacted a bill revising the road law that will allow the central government to remove disaster ...

Japan will provide US$6 million in emergency aid to assist victims of the recent earthquake in Myanmar, its government said.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has published a comprehensive disaster guide ... It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you ...

Also on Wednesday, a 32-member disaster relief team from Japan, including doctors and nurses, arrived in the biggest city of Yangon. The team plans to provide care for survivors for about two weeks.

Modelling has predicted a “megaquake” could kill almost 300,000 people and wipe $2.8 trillion from Japan’s economy, according ...

They also stressed the need to educate residents about the impact of an eruption and train more volcano disaster relief experts ... was quoted as saying by NHK Japan that Japan hasn’t faced ...

The 32-member disaster relief unit – comprising doctors ... to Myanmar,” while a report in the equally right-leaning Yomiuri the same day stated that Japan “is playing catchup with Chinese, Russian ...

Myanmar nationals living in Japan were frantically seeking ... takeover there “I am worried whether relief supplies from various nations will reach disaster victims under the military regime ...

The team of five members including medical personnel will monitor needs and the security situation on the ground, and coordinate the possible dispatch of a Japan Disaster Relief team. Japan has ...

and agreed to step up cooperation on disaster relief, nuclear accident prevention, and reconstruction. What these initial actions and reactions bode for Japan's future relations with its key allies ...