In just about every pamphlet I obtained regarding Shirakami-Sanchi, I kept reading about Philipp Franz von Siebold’s beech, a native Japanese ... Walking through the forest, I could sense ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about a "half-cracked" scenario for a predicted megaquake along the Nankai Trough off western to central Japan. Question ...

Earlier in August 2024, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued its first advisory of a megaquake along the Nankai Trough, which is a 900-km undersea fault that runs from Kyushu to Shizuoka.

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 ...