If the entire population were to try to hold two weeks’ worth of “inventory,” simple calculations indicate a demand of about ...

A potential Nankai Trough megaquake in Japan could result in devastating consequences, with experts predicting potential fatalities between 300,000 to 323,000 and economic losses amounting to ...

Navigating earthquakes is a tricky part of living in Japan. In the average year, Japanese people are shaken around 1,500 ...

About 20,000 people were killed. Then there’s the looming threat of the Nankai Trough megathrust earthquake – the most ...

The lifting of the Nankai Trough megaquake advisory came after a tense week, which raises fears even greater confusion could ensue in the event a higher-level “alert” becomes necessary. On Aug ...

And what action should people take? The advisory is a precautionary measure to prepare for a possible mega-quake around the Nankai Trough, which runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The agency says ...

In August 2024, Japan Meteorological Agency issued what it calls Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information, which is a bulletin about the possibility of a major quake occurring in the Nankai Trough.

Japan's internal affairs ministry on Wednesday presented a new plan to send officials from some prefectures to help other areas hit hard by a possible massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off ...

The most likely location for a megaquake in Japan is along the Nankai Trough, an 800km-long undersea trench near Japan’s Pacific coast, where the government panel said there was now more than 80 ...

There was panic buying after the government warned in August of a potentially devastating earthquake in the Nankai Trough off the coast of southern Japan. The stockpiling system was introduced in ...

According to the agriculture ministry, consumer purchases of rice since August had increased by 20-40% year-on-year, influenced by the emergency advisory on the heightened risk of a Nankai Trough ...

TOKYO — Japan will sell 210,000 tonnes of rice from its emergency stockpiles as households are paying record prices for the ...