Much like the U.S.’s strategic petroleum reserve, Japan stockpiles up to 1 million tons (equal to the weight of 5,000 blue whales) of the country’s national staple crop. The reserve equates to about ...

It previously estimated there was a “70 to 80 percent” probability of a megaquake off Japan’s heavily populated Pacific coastline during this period. The Nankai Trough stretches from ...

With the looming threat of the Nankai Trough megaquake and Tokyo inland earthquake ... registering on the upper end of 6 to 7 on Japan’s seismic scale. The law was further amended in 2013 ...

Just two days earlier, Japanese scientists had updated their estimated probability of a mega-quake occurring in the Nankai Trough in the next 30 years. They now put it at around 80 percent.

2025 Southern Japan was hit by a strong earthquake on Monday that authorities said did not warrant the kind of megaquake warning that was triggered for the first time last year. Tibet's earthquake ...

TOKYO, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Japan's factory activity fell at the fastest pace in 10 months on sluggish demand, a private-sector survey showed on Monday, with business confidence hitting a more than ...

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AFP becomes one of the main source for international news. We've got various news from around the world. I can say that AFP news content is diverse and credible, and they can fit with the ...

Tomoaki Takahashi reflects on the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, in Tokyo’s Setagaya Ward last year, saying, “Advance preparation and cooperation among shrines are important.” The Yomiuri Shimbun 7 ...

A GNS scientist says a cluster of small earthquakes around Taupō were quite close to the surface - which is why so many people felt them. The series of shakes began just before 6pm on Thursday and ...