The Japanese government has issued an urgent warning over the catastrophic damage which could be caused by an impending ...

The move comes as more foreign travellers have been visiting the ancient Japanese capital in recent years The ancient ...

A long-feared megaquake off Japan ’s Pacific coast could kill nearly 300,000 people and cause economic damage equivalent to ...

It is an estimate made by the authorities of the country regarding this hypothetical event in the Nankai Trough.

The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

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On April 1, 1946, a strong earthquake near the Aleutian Islands in Alaska set off a massive tsunami that hit the Hawaiian ...

Japan is particularly exposed to deadly earthquakes ... in the trench and used this to calculate the flooding and tsunami risk for each part of the country. This study revealed that stricter ...

A newly released Japanese government report warns that a long-feared massive earthquake in the nation’s Nankai Trough could ...

A megaquake in Japan could result in up to 298,000 deaths and $2 trillion in damages, according to new government estimates.

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