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The Japanese government has issued an urgent warning over the catastrophic damage which could be caused by an impending ...
Japan is bracing for a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough, with experts warning of catastrophic tsunamis reaching over ...
The government is calling on manufacturers to diversify their production bases and suppliers to mitigate the risks.
A newly released Japanese government report warns that a long-feared massive earthquake in the nation’s Nankai Trough could ...
Japan sees about an 80 per cent chance of a magnitude 8 to 9 earthquake along a seabed zone known as the Nankai Trough.
A tsunami of over 20 meters would likely be observed in a total of 23 municipalities in Tokyo and seven other prefectures.
A possible magnitude-nine earthquake along the Nankai Trough, a submarine trough near the South of Japan, may lead to up to ...
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its first advisory of a megaquake, along the Nankai Trough, which is a 900-km ...
TOKYO – Up to 298,000 people in Japan could die in a mega quake occurring in the Nankai Trough, a revised estimate by the ...
The figure is revised from previous projections of 323,000 deaths, but economic damage is estimated to increase to US$2 ...
We've listed our five most read stories on The Mainichi news site, from top to bottom, that were published between March 29 ...
The Cabinet Office released on March 31 slightly lower death and disaster projections from an expected Nankai Trough ...