experts say Japan is due for a mega-quake — the next big earthquake in Japan that could cause widespread destruction. Recently, the Nankai Trough has been in the news as a potential mega quake that ...

During the Great East Japan Earthquake, the tsunami reached shore about 30 minutes after the quake. But in a Nankai Trough megaquake, a tsunami could hit land within minutes, making pre-emptive ...

The Nankai Trough stretches from Shizuoka ... in the magnitude-6 class after the magnitude-7.6 earthquake “has never been observed before in Japan.” (This article was written by Takahiro ...

File photo taken in July 1993 shows the Aonae district in the southern part of Okushiri Island burning after an earthquake ...

The petition was filed over safety concerns by some 1,500 residents living near the plant in Ehime Prefecture, which is operated by Shikoku Electric Power.

When trying to improve, refine, and seek more efficiency in disaster management measures, predicting the extent of disaster ...

After climbing to historic highs last summer, rice prices have yet to stabilise, driven in part by panic buying following an earthquake off southern Japan that stoked fears of a megaquake in the ...

The plaintiffs argued the utility's risk assessment in the event of a Nankai ... southwestern Japan is insufficient. Shikoku Electric said its evaluation is based on the largest earthquake studied ...

The affected areas, hit by an unprecedented disaster, are moving forward step by step, but they are facing difficult ...