New findings published in the journal Science help explain why the 2011 earthquake off the coast of Japan created such a large tsunami. An international team of geologists and geophysicists drilled into the ocean floor, setting a record for the deepest ...

Japan's scientific standing has faced a quiet crisis over the past two decades. Although it maintained high absolute research and development spending, Japan's global share of the top 10% of highly cited papers plummeted from fourth in the early 2000s to 12th in 2023.

Learn how scientists are combining Medieval literature and modern scientific techniques to study space weather.