But even then, the probability of the Nankai Trough earthquake happening the next day is low – perhaps increasing from the typical risk of one in 1,000 to one in a few hundred. That’s still ...

An unpublished English translation of the Chinese classic novel Dream of the Red Chamber by the writer and translator Lin Yutang (1895-1976) has been uncovered in Japan, Nankai University in ...

A long-feared megaquake along the Nankai Trough could cause 1,466 trillion yen ($10 trillion) in damage, experts said, revising up their previous estimate by 56 trillion yen.

The most recent Nankai Trough quake happened in 1946 when a magnitude 8 tremor and 6.9-metre (22.6-ft) tsunami waves killed 1,330 people. ($1 = 147.0700 yen) (This story has been refiled to fix a ...

Japan has approved a new disaster plan. This plan aims to reduce deaths and damage from a potential Nankai Trough megaquake. The government targets an 80% reduction in fatalities. It also aims for ...

The Nankai Trough, an 800km (500-mile) undersea trench running from Shizuoka, west of Tokyo, to the southern tip of Kyushu Island, sits where two tectonic plates meet.

A: The Nankai Trough is an ocean-floor trench that runs along the Pacific coast from the Tokai to Kyushu regions. This area has a history of being struck by megaquakes at a rate of one every 100 ...

A powerful earthquake and tsunami predicted to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of Japan in the near future could cause economic damage of up to ¥1.466 quadrillion in total, the ...

The official warning came after a 7.1-magnitude temblor struck off the coast of southern Japan on Thursday. By River Akira Davis Kiuko Notoya Hisako Ueno and Victoria Kim River Akira Davis, Kiuko ...