TOKYO: Three strong earthquakes struck the eastern Shimane Prefecture, recording maximums of 4 to upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, from around 10.18am to around 10.37am Tuesday (Jan 6),

A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit Japan's Chugoku region, registering upper 5 on seismic intensity scale; no tsunami threat reported. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TOKYO: A Japanese nuclear plant operator said it may have presented data underestimating earthquake risks to regulators, as Japan moves to revive nuclear power nearly 15 years after the Fukushima disaster.

A Japanese power plant operator has admitted to cherry-picking critical safety data to pass the screening process of the nuclear safety regulator to restart two of its offline reactors.Chubu Electric said on Monday that it had set up an independent panel of experts to investigate possible misconduct in compiling data as part of a process to restart two reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant.

A series of powerful earthquakes struck western Japan on Tuesday, including a magnitude 6.4 temblor, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued for the 10:18 a.m. (0118 GMT) quake.

A strong 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook western Japan on Tuesday but no tsunami warning was issued and no major damage was reported.