A highest-level warning for a Nankai Trough megaquake would prompt a government evacuation advisory for 670,000 people, but less than half of the affected municipalities are prepared, an Asahi ...

The probability of a magnitude-8 or -9 megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has risen to “around 80 percent,” according to the government’s Earthquake Research ...

The program calls for using existing private-sector ships to transport patients from disaster-affected areas and provide ...

Recently, the Nankai Trough has been in the news as a potential mega quake that could hit even the big cities. Making sure you’re prepared by natural disaster vocabulary and preparing for an ...

In the Matsuyama lawsuit, the plaintiffs had claimed that Shikoku Electric underestimates the risk of earthquakes linked to a fault zone passing near the nuclear plant and the Nankai Trough off ...

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

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

Carstay, a sharing service for camping cars and car camping spots, announced on March 10 that it has raised approximately 110 million yen in additional funding in its pre-Series A round. New ...

Then, in August of the same year, warnings of a Nankai Trough earthquake resulted in hoarding behavior of rice for food stockpiling. At that time, Asahi Shimbun reported, "The heatwave and the surge ...