The Japanese government has issued an urgent warning over the catastrophic damage which could be caused by an impending ...

The move comes as more foreign travellers have been visiting the ancient Japanese capital in recent years The ancient ...

A possible magnitude-nine earthquake along the Nankai Trough, a submarine trough near the South of Japan, may lead to up to ...

A long-feared megaquake off Japan ’s Pacific coast could kill nearly 300,000 people and cause economic damage equivalent to ...

Japan is particularly exposed to deadly earthquakes ... in the trench and used this to calculate the flooding and tsunami risk for each part of the country. This study revealed that stricter ...

A megaquake in Japan could result in up to 298,000 deaths and $2 trillion in damages, according to new government estimates.

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The Japanese government has warned of catastrophic economic damage and nearly 300,000 deaths when the next "megaquake" hits the archipelagic nation, according to a new estimation released on Monday.

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