The Japanese government has updated its earthquake preparedness plan due to increased risks of a megaquake in the Nankai Trough, now estimated at an 82% chance within 30 years, with potential deaths ...

Japan is bolstering its earthquake defenses following increased seismic activity near the Tokara Islands, raising concerns ...

TOKYO — The Japanese government said that much more needs to be done ... In 2014 the Central Disaster Management Council issued a preparedness plan recommending a series of measures that, it was hoped ...

Japan's new earthquake-sensing nervous system spans ocean fault zones, boosting tsunami warnings by up to 20 minutes and ...

A chilling warning has rippled through Japan, a nation all too familiar with the earth’s raw power. The Japanese government has issued an emergency alert, cautioning of a potential "mega-earthquake" ...

For 37 years and counting, the Shizuoka prefecture in Japan has been bracing itself for a magnitude 8.0 earthquake and tsunami. What the Philippines Can Learn from Japan about Preparedness ...

Videos of the earthquake. Every year, Japan observes Disaster Prevention Day to commemorate the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, which killed more than 100,000 people in and around Tokyo.

Japanese meteorological agency chief on Friday dismissed growing rumors of a major earthquake in Japan this summer as groundless and “hoax,” urging people not to worry because even today’s most ...

An earthquake hit southwestern Japan. This happened before a predicted disaster date. A manga artist's prophecy is causing ...

JAPAN’S tenacious spirit has been on soulful display for the past 12 months as Fukushima Prefecture and the nation recover from the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami. The March 11, 2011 ...