The Japanese government on July 1 approved significant upgrades to the plan to safeguard the public in the event of a major ...

Japan has approved a new disaster plan. This plan aims to reduce deaths and damage from a potential Nankai Trough megaquake.

TOKYO: Japan has warned of a 70–80% chance of a magnitude 8–9 earthquake along the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years, ...

Japan’s new earthquake-detection network lengthens warning times, and researchers in Wales have harnessed nuclear blast ...

The nation’s top earthquake expert has dismissed claims circulating online that the recent chain of intense seismic activity ...

The Nankai Trough is a 700-kilometer long (435-mile) subduction zone, which refers to when tectonic plates slip beneath each other. Most of the world’s earthquakes and tsunamis are caused by ...

Japan has developed an undersea warning system that can detect earthquakes 20 seconds before they reach land, significantly ...

Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world, given its location within the Pacific Ring of Fire, a ...

A long-feared megaquake along the Nankai Trough could cause 1,466 trillion yen ($10 trillion) in damage, experts said, revising up their previous estimate by 56 trillion yen.

The Nankai Trough is a 700-kilometer long (435-mile) subduction zone, which refers to when tectonic plates slip beneath each other. Most of the world’s earthquakes and tsunamis are caused by ...