Almost no other country in the world is rocked by such frequent and damaging earthquakes as Japan, which sits on the boundary of four tectonic plates.

A major earthquake in Japan's southwest killed at least 13 people and left several injured or missing after a shopping center and a paper mill were heavily damaged.

The quake shook Japan's southern main island of Kyushu late Tuesday afternoon local time, causing damage and injuries.

Footage from Japan's public broadcaster NHK showed cars submerged in floodwaters

In Saitama, Japan, sustainable tourism means protecting centuries of tradition, from barrel-aged soy sauce and handcrafted hanko seals to historic merchant streets.

Soldiers and emergency workers combed through a badly damaged shopping mall and collapsed houses looking for trapped survivors Wednesday after a powerful earthquake that killed at least 18 people, including a foreigner,

The first is Japan’s shortage of risk-taking venture capital. A decade ago traditional vc funds were rare. In 2015 only $1bn in vc capital was deployed across fewer than 500 deals, according to Pitchbook,

In Saitama prefecture, ancient temples and restored rice terraces show how local traditions create sustainable tourism without a master plan.

Japanese Defense Minister Shinjiro Koizumi on Saturday prayed at Tokyo’s Yasukuni Shrine, seen by Japan’s Asian neighbors as a symbol of the country’s past militarism. Koizumi has often been at the controversial shrine.