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.

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

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

KUMAMOTO: A security camera captured the moment a huge crack appeared in a rice paddy in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, when the massive Kumamoto earthquake struck on July 28.

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

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,

The unmanned MMX, set to blast off from Tanegashima Space Center in the coming months, could also lay the groundwork for humans visiting the red planet.

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