In January, Japan’s Earthquake Research Committee predicted a 70 to 80 percent chance of an earthquake between 8.0 and 9.0 in magnitude striking near the Nankai Trough within the next three decades.

15, but urged the public to remain vigilant for a possible Nankai Trough earthquake. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first megaquake advisory after a magnitude-7.0 earthquake struck off ...

Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) has issued a special advisory warning of a heightened risk of a megaquake in the Nankai Trough region. This advisory follows a recent 7.1-magnitude earthquake ...

Japan's space agency plans to partner with private firms to enable various orbiting satellites to conduct emergency ...

After a week of uneasiness following the Japan Meteorological Agency’s first-ever Nankai Trough advisory, which called for caution against a possible huge earthquake, the broad implications and ...

Earthquakes along the Nankai Trough - an area of seismic activity which stretches along Japan's Pacific coast - have already been responsible for thousands of deaths. In 1707, a rupture along its ...

The Cabinet Office on Friday released improved public relations measures regarding the government's emergency alert system for a megaquake that may occur in the Nankai Trough off the country's ...

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 the possibility of such a quake ...

The Japanese Meteorological Agency has issued a megaquake advisory after Thursday's quake, as part of the Nankai Trough Earthquake Extra Information protocol. It has also lifted all tsunami ...

But experts were put on heightened alert because of where the epicentre sat - at the edge of the Nankai Trough, an area of seismic activity which stretches along Japan's Pacific coast. The plate ...