At least 232 people have been confirmed dead in the devastating 7.6-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan's Ishikawa prefecture on January 1, local officials said on Wednesday.According to the prefectural government, the death toll was updated on Wednesday...

A tsunami measuring about 3 meters high had reached the Shika nuclear power plant in Japan's Ishikawa prefecture after it was hit by a powerful earthquake measuring 7.6-magnitude on January 1, according to the plant's operator.The tsunami reached the facility...

The death toll from the series of powerful earthquakes that struck the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa earlier this week, increased to 92 on Friday, with at least 242 persons reportedly missing as rescue and search efforts intensify amid concerns...

The death toll from the series of powerful earthquakes that struck the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa earlier this week, increased to 82 on Thursday, with 51 persons still reportedly missing amid ongoing rescue efforts nearly three days after the...

Amid continued aftershocks and reports of additional damages, the death toll due to a series of powerful earthquakes that struck the central Japanese prefecture of Ishikawa earlier this week, increased to 64 on Wednesday, with search and rescue efforts currently...

At least 48 people have died after a series of powerful earthquakes, with the major one measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale, hit central Japan and the surrounding areas, causing homes to collapse and triggered tsunami warnings, with search operations currently...

Japan's Ishikawa Prefecture observed tsunami waves of more than 1.2 meters on Monday after a series of strong quakes struck Japan's western coast in the afternoon, local media reported.According to reports, Toyama prefecture on the western coast of Japan also...

Waves as high as 1.2 meters were observed after a series of strong quakes struck Japan's western coast on Monday afternoon, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).Earlier, the weather agency issued tsunami warnings for a broad swath of the country's...

A team of Japanese researchers have predicted the risk of a "heart failure pandemic" as a result of Covid-19, stressing the need for developing countermeasures.Covid infections have raised the risk of heart failure from persistent viral infection in their...

People who suffered acute Covid-19 infection are more likely to experience prolonged cough and sputum production as part of long Covid, according to a Japanese study.Multiple prolonged symptoms are observed in patients who recover from acute Covid-19, defined...

Researchers have found that individual immune responses to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, particularly in mutant strains, can influence the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines. Efforts to contain the Covid-19 pandemic have largely focused on vaccine development and deployment....

Ben Shelton beat Aslan Karatsev 7-5, 6-1 in the Japan Open final to win his first ATP Tour title, here on Sunday.The American rallied from a set and 2-5 down to come through his semi-final match against Marcos Giron and he used that momentum in the final,...

Japanese researchers have found that endometriosis, a gynaecological disorder which affects one in 10 women between the age of 15 and 49, may be the result of a bacterial infection.Their findings, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine, showed...

Japanese table tennis star Kasumi Ishikawa, who won three women's team medals at three consecutive Olympic Games, announced her retirement on Monday.The 30-year-old Ishikawa made the announcement in Japanese on Instagram and in Chinese on Weibo.She said she had...

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Saturday was evacuated unscathed after an object that appeared to be a smoke bomb was thrown at him during a public event in Wakayama City, local media reports said, adding that the suspect has been arrested.The reports...

A fire broke out at an idled nuclear power plant in Japan's Niigata prefecture on Tuesday, and was quickly extinguished, local media said.The fire was detected just after 11 a.m. at the No. 5 reactor building at the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant located on...

The XBB.1.5 subvariant of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron has high transmissibility and infectivity, according to a study published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases.Researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan found that the relative effective reproduction...

A team of researchers in Japan have developed a new device to identify a key membrane protein in the urine that indicates if the patient has a brain tumour.A research group led by Associate Professor Takao Yasui and Professor Yoshinobu Baba of Japan-based...

A gum disease called periodontitis can lead to a litany of dental issues from bad breath to bleeding and lost teeth, and now it is found that it could also lead to a serious heart problem, a new study has shown.According to the study published in Clinical...

As Japan is grappling with an ongoing eighth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, the country registered 371 deaths due to the virus, the highest single-day tally since the outbreak began in early 2020, health authorities said.The previous high of 347 Covid-19...