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

The Japanese government has announced that it would improve preparedness measures for a future Nankai Trough "megaquake" that could kill up to 300,000 people. Earlier in January 2025, an assessment ...

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

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

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

Since June 21, as many as 1,031 earthquakes rattled the Tokara island chain south of the Kyushu region in Japan.

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...