friction with the ocean floor lowers the waves’ speed but raises their height. This video is from a Japan Coast Guard ship, confronting a tsunami wave in shallow water on March 11th. And a rare ...

(James Whitlow Delano) After the Tohoku earthquake spawned a tsunami which tore through northeastern Japan on March 11 ... The tsunami wall was not enough to hold back the wave that hit these homes.

Perched along the scenic coastline of Japan’s Iwate prefecture, the Taro Kanko Hotel once stood as a symbol of hospitality, ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency reported tsunami activity in the Izu Islands south of Tokyo on Monday morning. A 60 centimeter tsunami struck Hachijojima Island, and 50-centimeter tsunami waves hit ...

A powerful earthquake struck off Japan's southern coast on Thursday ... Miyazaki prefecture on Kyushu island. The agency said tsunami waves of up to 50 centimeters (1.6 feet) were detected ...

An earthquake struck off the coast of northern Japan on Wednesday night, activating a tsunami warning for the country 11 years after it faced a quake and resulting wave that left thousands dead.

Japan on Tuesday marked 14 years since a devastating ... At Usuiso beach in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, Reiko Endo, 59, remembered a friend she lost to the tsunami as she faced the gentle waves.

Along the coast of Japan’s Iwate ... reminder of the tsunami’s destructive force. Once a place of rest for travelers, the structure was obliterated by the towering waves.

While the tsunami warning was canceled shortly after evacuations and transportation shut down, San Francisco forecasters said a small wave had been ... tsunami that hit Japan also caused $100m ...