Japan has approved a new disaster plan. This plan aims to reduce deaths and damage from a potential Nankai Trough megaquake.

A manga called The Future I Saw predicted a great calamity on July 5, resulting in several travel cancellations on the date.

Japan is on high alert as government officials warn of an imminent "Nankai Trough megaquake" that could kill nearly 300,000 ...

Japan has approved a comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy to mitigate the impact of a potential Nankai Trough ...

Wolfgang Löger, from Austria, decided to become a taxi driver in Tokyo when he was 50. After several years on the road, he’s ...

Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...

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 ...

Earthquakes can’t be predicted. But a manga artist’s dream of a July 5 'megaquake' has spooked some residents and travelers.

The probability of a 7+ magnitude earthquake in Japan in the next 30 years has reached 82%. Know all the important things ...

The Nankai Trough is a 700-kilometer long (435-mile) subduction zone, which refers to when tectonic plates slip beneath each other. Most of the world’s earthquakes and tsunamis are caused by ...