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, ...

Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course ...

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

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

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 ...

In Japan, swarms of earthquakes are fueling a dip in tourism and a viral panic over predictions of the next 'big one' ...

Japan`s government unveils a new disaster preparedness plan amid rising fears of a major earthquake in the Nankai Trough ...

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 ...