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

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.

Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo honors more than 2.4 million people who died serving Japan but remains one of the country’s most divisive memorial sites. Founded in the Meiji era, the Shinto shrine

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,

After deadly tremors a decade ago, Kumamoto built earthquake-resistant buildings and even trained locals in search and rescue.

Empires have risen and fallen in their pursuit of precious resources such as oil, gold, tea or spices. But in the first half of the 20th century, an increasingly assertive Imperial Japan relied on a fishier form of wealth to build its military and industrial base: the sardine.

Citigroup (C) said Friday its Tokyo Branch participated as a lender and agent in a syndicated loan of about $4.6 billion to US entities set up and funded by the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.

North Korea has intensified its criticism of Japan, targeting its military expansion and defense collaborations with the U.S. and South Korea, which it claims destabilize the region.