Officials said the megaquake advisory is not a prediction and the probability of a magnitude 8 or larger quake is only about ...

ALARM bells are sounding across Japan over a terrifying once-a-century megathrust that could kill thousands and cause ...

Osaka Metro Co. conducted a disaster drill early Saturday at a train station in the major western Japan city it serves to ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan issued its first-ever advisory on higher-than-usual risks of a megaquake, after a strong magnitude 7.1 quake occurred on Thursday at the edge of a tremulous seabed zone along ...

As tremors shook the ground in parts of western Japan last Thursday, local and national government bodies leapt into action. Meteorologists gathered and issued a temporary tsunami advisory. A special ...

Officials said there is a chance that “a large-scale earthquake with a magnitude of 8 or higher could occur as a follow-up earthquake,” though they stressed this is a possibility rather than a forecas ...

Japan megaquake warning: In what comes as a shocking estimate, a 'megaquake' is feared to rock Japan, leading to a subsequent tsunami, resulting in almost 298,000 deaths and damage that can cost up to ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has lifted a tsunami advisory for northern Japan’s Pacific coast that had been issued ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan on Thursday ended its call for higher-than-usual risks of a major earthquake, one week after a strong tremor on the edge of the Nankai Trough seabed zone caused the government ...

Japan, one of the most seismically active countries in the world, has approved a new comprehensive disaster preparedness strategy aimed at mitigating the catastrophic impact of the anticipated Nankai ...