However, he added it "could be the sound that saves your life ... whether it is the United States, Canada, Japan and elsewhere, they have emergency alerts on phones as another tool in the toolkit ...

Japan's Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide has announced that the coronavirus-related state of emergency will end on Thursday. It will be the first time in nearly six months without any emergency ...

This isn't the first time Japanese emergency alerts have been hindered by Twitter/X's rate limits, even when posted from government accounts. As previously reported by The Asahi Shimbun ...

Immediately after the launch, the Japanese government issued the J-Alert to residents in Hokkaido, Aomori and Tokyo’s islands for the first time since September 2017, and the alarm sound soon ...

The Cabinet Office on Friday released improved public relations measures regarding the government's emergency alert system for a megaquake that may occur in the Nankai Trough off the country's ...

The central government decided on Nov. 8 that in the event of a huge earthquake along the Japan Trench or the ... In the event of such an emergency, the alert will urge residents in affected ...