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, ...

The Japanese government has updated its earthquake preparedness plan due to increased risks of a megaquake in the Nankai Trough, now estimated at an 82% chance within 30 years, with potential deaths ...

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

After a week of uneasiness following the Japan Meteorological Agency’s first-ever Nankai Trough advisory, which called for caution against a possible huge earthquake, the broad implications and ...

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

Japan’s “major earthquake” warning has put much of the country on high alert, even as some experts cast doubt on whether such an advisory is necessary or accurate. CNN values your feedback 1.

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

Japan Meteorological Agency's Nankai Trough quake advisory panel said the chance of a bigger earthquake striking after a magnitude 7 tremor was once in a few hundred cases, relatively higher than ...

The Nankai Trough is an undersea trench that runs from Hyuganada, in the waters just off the southeastern coast of Kyushu, to Suruga Bay in central Japan. It spans about 800 kilometers (500 miles ...

In January, Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee predicted a 70 to 80 percent chance of an earthquake between 8.0 and 9.0 in magnitude striking near the Nankai Trough within the next three decades.

The powerful 7.1 earthquake was felt throughout southern Japan yesterday. ... This is the first time the JMA has issued so-called Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information.