In the aftermath of the devastating Great Hanshin Earthquake in 1995, collapsed buildings blocked rescue efforts and ...

The “Open Seminar” is a forum for dialogue between researchers and citizens on themes such as disaster prevention and ...

Japan's government and experts have issued a warning about the increasing likelihood of a mega-earthquake striking the nation ...

The Nankai Trough, where the Philippine Sea Plate is slipping under the Eurasia Plate at the bottom of the sea off the ...

Toyota Motor Corp is considering shifting some production at its central Japan home ground to other areas in a realignment ...

On Wednesday, a panel of experts set up to advise the government on risks associated with natural disasters updated its ...

This week, government scientists marginally increased the probability of a vast “megaquake” along the undersea Nankai Trough ...

The probability of a “megaquake” in Japan in the next 30 years has marginally increased, a government panel said, with a 75-82% chance of it happening.

It is feared a megaquake could occur within the next 30 years along the Nankai Trough -- an ocean-floor trench along its Pacific coast where the Eurasian and Philippine Sea tectonic plates meet.

The new threat level issued by Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee is similar to estimates published in the journal ...

Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has signed an agreement with Kumamoto prefecture to further develop a programme ...