Japan has approved a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough ...

The Nankai Trough megaquake could kill up to 300,000 people, according to an estimate. The risk of a magnitude 8 earthquake ...

Japan's government has officially endorsed the basic plan on measures for an anticipated massive earthquake in the Nankai ...

A viral manga prediction about a mega-tsunami hitting Japan on July 5, 2025, has sparked panic on social media. Is it real or ...

Japan has approved a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough ...

The central government has designated 723 municipalities in 30 prefectures for ramping up disaster mitigation measures based ...

Japan has been bolstering its preparedness for a so-called megaquake. Researchers recently estimated potentially higher death ...

Quakes are extremely hard to predict, but in January a government panel marginally increased the probability of a major jolt ...

More than 1,000 earthquakes measuring 1 or stronger on the Japanese seismic intensity scale — including one that measured ...

The Japanese government said Tuesday it has updated its disaster risk plan in the hope of reducing the estimated death toll ...

According to the latest estimate disclosed in March, the death toll from a Nankai Trough megaquake is expected to reach up to ...

The probability of a magnitude-8 or -9 megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has risen to “around 80 percent,” according to the government’s Earthquake Research ...