A disaster of unimaginable scale looms over Japan as its government is warning that the next ‘megaquake’ could kill as many ...

A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released ...

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

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

Over the past 1,400 years, megaquakes in the Nankai Trough have struck every 100 to 200 years, with the most recent occurring ...

The figure is revised from previous projections of 323,000 deaths, but economic damage is estimated to increase to US$2 ...

HAMAMATSU, Shizuoka Prefecture--Construction is complete ... which connects between Lake Hamanako and the Enshunada Sea. The total cost of the project is 33 billion yen ($306 million).

Modelling has predicted a “megaquake” could kill almost 300,000 people and wipe $2.8 trillion from Japan’s economy, according to a doomsday announcement from its government.

A "megaquake" and subsequent tsunami could cause up to 298,000 deaths in Japan and damage costing up to US$2 trillion, the ...

Tokyo: A massive earthquake and tsunami along Japan’s Nankai Trough could result in up to 298,000 deaths and economic losses ...

A woman in her 20s has been rescued 37 hours after drifting out to sea in a rubber ring after going ... friend at Shirahama Ohama beach in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture, per the Japan Times.

Nankai Trough quakes occur every 100 to 200 years along the plate boundary between Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture and the Hyuganada Sea in Kyushu. The Japan Meteorological Agency is calling on ...