Only one-quarter of fire departments in coastal areas at risk of tsunami damage from a Nankai Trough earthquake have compiled operational plans that take inundation forecasts into account, an Asahi ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan issued its first-ever advisory on higher-than-usual risks of a megaquake, after a strong magnitude 7.1 quake occurred on Thursday at the edge of a tremulous seabed zone along ...

Japan, one of the most seismically active countries in the world, has approved a new comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy aimed at mitigating the catastrophic impact of the anticipated Nankai ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Thursday ended its call for higher-than-usual risks of a major earthquake, one week after a strong tremor on the edge of the Nankai Trough seabed zone caused the government ...

Some 2,300 medical institutions and 7,300 welfare facilities are at risk of flooding in a tsunami triggered by the long-expected Nankai Trough megaquake, according to a new analysis. In this zone are ...

Over the past 1,400 years, megaquakes in the Nankai Trough have struck every 100 to 200 years, with the most recent occurring in 1946. A “megaquake” and the resulting tsunami could cause 298,000 ...

The Japanese government is considering setting up its planned disaster management agency under the cabinet on Nov. 1, 2026, Jiji Press learned Monday. In or after fiscal 2027, the agency will have a l ...

The Japanese government said that much more needs to be done to prepare for a possible 'megaquake' to reduce the feared death toll of up to 300,000 people. Quakes are extremely hard to predict, but in ...

Naturally occurring methane hydrate deposits are potential sources of energy. However, their observation in natural environments remains challenging. Researchers have now developed a one-dimensional ...

Researchers used a Global Navigation Satellite System-Acoustic ranging combination technique to detect signals due to slow slip events in the Nankai Trough with seafloor deformations of 5 cm or more ...