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

The survey comes after Japan's government estimated that up to 298,000 people could die from a megaquake along the Nankai ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about a "half-cracked" scenario for a predicted megaquake ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its first advisory of a megaquake, along the Nankai Trough, which is a 900-km ...

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

A recent Japanese government report warns of a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough, which could result in devastating ...

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

The Cabinet Office released on March 31 slightly lower death and disaster projections from an expected Nankai Trough ...

In Nankai torafu jishin wa itsu kuru no ka (When Will the Nankai Trough Earthquake Hit?), author Kaminuma Katsutada writes that “local governments and residents didn’t know what to do” after ...

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.

A “megaquake” and the resulting tsunami could cause 298,000 deaths in Japan and damages worth up to $2 trillion, according to ...

Japan is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries, and the government sees about an 80% chance of a magnitude 8 to ...