The government was urged to amend a special law enacted in 2004 to prepare the public for a megaquake in either the Japan Trench that is part of the Pacific Rim of Fire off northeastern Japan or ...

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Japan is bracing for a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough, with experts warning of catastrophic tsunamis reaching over 100 feet. The impending disaster could result in 300,000 fatalities, ...

Modelling has predicted a “megaquake” could kill almost 300,000 people and wipe $2.8 trillion from Japan’s economy, according to a doomsday announcement from its government.

The central government decided on Nov. 8 that in the event of a huge earthquake along the Japan Trench or the Chishima Trench, it will issue an alert warning of the potential for follow-up ...

The figure is revised from previous projections of 323,000 deaths, but economic damage is estimated to increase to US$2 trillion.

The Nankai Trough is an oceanic trench located off the southern coastline of the Japanese mainland. It is located at the triple boundary between the Amur, Okhotsk and Philippine Sea plates.

This 600-mile (900km) trench has the potential to produce extremely large, and exceptionally deadly tremors known as megaquakes. Last year, the Japanese government issued its first ever Nankai ...

In Kushiro, which has a population of about 153,000, an earthquake around the Japan Trench or Kuril Trench, where the Pacific plate collides with the Eurasian plate, is expected to kill up to ...

As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote small towns is becoming a challenge. Is this the answer? As Japan’s population shrinks, maintaining rail service in remote ...