The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about a "half-cracked" scenario for a predicted megaquake ...

The Cabinet Office released on March 31 slightly lower death and disaster projections from an expected Nankai Trough ...

A newly released Japanese government report warns that a long-feared massive earthquake in the nation’s Nankai Trough could ...

Shizuoka Bank, Hachijuni Bank and Yamanashi Chuo Bank will work together to draw outside talent and funding into central ...

Battling overtourism and littering, Mount Fuji will now double its tourist tax. Here's what travelers should know.

A long-feared megaquake off Japan’s southern coast could result in almost 300,000 deaths, according to a new model released ...

About 3,200 rice growers and dairy farmers, some driving tractors, held a protest in downtown Tokyo on March 30, demanding ...

The ongoing risk of a megaquake along the Nankai Trough is formidable, with an 80 percent chance of occurrence within the next 30 years. The latest estimates predict the catastrophic event could claim ...

Japan’s long-dreaded “big one” earthquake could kill almost 300,000 people along its urbanised Pacific coast, create 12.3mn ...

Japan’s regional bank shares jumped on optimism for industry consolidation, with one lender looking at buying a stake in a ...

The amount is the biggest such compensation granted in the country, according to the lawyers of ex-boxer Iwao Hakamata, who ...

"The public interest has grown lately over the system, especially in regard to the protracted deliberation on some applications," he said.