(Kyodo) TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Up to 298,000 people in Japan could die in a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, a revised estimate by the government's earthquake task force showed Monday ...

Japan has estimated that up to 298,000 people could die if a “megaquake” of about magnitude 9 occurs along the Nankai Trough south of the country’s Pacific coast. The government’s estimate ...

The government lifted its megaquake advisory just after 5 p.m. on Aug. 15, but urged the public to remain vigilant for a possible Nankai Trough earthquake. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued ...

Japan had issued its first ever advisory in August 2024 for a potential "megaquake" along the Nankai Trough, a 900-kilometre undersea fault stretching from Shizuoka to Kyushu. The megaquake rules ...