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

Authorities have evacuated dozens of people from remote islands in southern Japan that have been shaken by over 1,700 tremors ...

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

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

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

A Japan Meteorological Agency panel says no noticeable seismic activity has been observed in areas where a Nankai Trough ...

Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...

A new damage estimate released in March of this year said the Nankai Trough megaquake could in the worst-case scenario kill 298,000 people and destroy 2.35 million buildings.

Japan is bolstering its earthquake defenses following increased seismic activity near the Tokara Islands, raising concerns ...

Japan is on high alert as government officials warn of an imminent "Nankai Trough megaquake" that could kill nearly 300,000 ...

The Japanese government has updated its earthquake preparedness plan due to increased risks of a megaquake in the Nankai ...