Japanese manufacturers are accelerating efforts to mitigate the economic impact of a massive earthquake forecast to occur in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/08/japan/japan-firms-nankai-trough-quake-risks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #nankaitrough #manufacturing #carmakers #cashless
https://www.alojapan.com/1236397/japan-issues-megaquake-warning-but-many-travellers-from-hong-kong-undeterred/ Japan issues megaquake warning, but many travellers from Hong Kong undeterred #DominicKwok #Japan #JapanTrips #JapaneseCabinetOffice #JapaneseMeteorologicalAuthorities #Korea #Malaysia #Megaquake #myanmar #NankaiTrough #Okinawa #PaulLawSiuHung #ShakotanEarthquake #SunflowerTravelServices #tibet #Tokyo #trips Some Hongkongers have cancelled their trips to Japan following a new megaquake warning issued by the country’s authorities, while others…
Infrastructure businesses in Japan are stepping up measures to reduce potential damage from a possible huge earthquake in the Nankai Trough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/02/japan/society/infrastructure-measure-nankai-trough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness #phones #telecoms #internet #electricity #jr #nttdocomo
Up to 298,000 people are expected to be killed in Japan, due mainly to a tsunami and collapsing buildings, if an earthquake of around magnitude 9 occurs in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/31/japan/japan-nankai-trough-quake-damage-estimate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #tsunami
Mainichi: Up to 298,000 could die in Japan in Nankai Trough megaquake: gov't
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250331/p2g/00m/0na/013000c
The presiding judge at Matsuyama District Court has rejected a petition filed by residents seeking to halt operations at Shikoku Electric Power's Ikata nuclear power plant in Ehime Prefecture over safety concerns. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/court-rejection-ikata-petition/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #ikata #ehime #japanesecourts #mountains #nuclearenergy #earthquakes #nankaitrough
Japan's government has adopted a program to introduce what are known as hospital ships, which provide medical care at sea in the event of large-scale disasters or infectious disease outbreaks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/18/japan/politics/hospital-ship/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #shigeruishiba #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness #hospitals #health
Chance of Japan's #NankaiTrough #megaquake raised to 80%: government panel
KYODO NEWS KYODO NEWS - Jan 16, 2025
"The chance of a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has increased to approximately 80 percent, the government's earthquake investigation panel said Wednesday.
"Recalculations are made every January, taking into account the passage of time. The probability of a magnitude 8 to 9 quake along the trough in the Pacific had previously been estimated at 70 to 80 percent since 2018.
"Noting that M6.0-level quakes have repeatedly occurred in Japan since the temblor on the Noto Peninsula, central Japan, on Jan. 1, 2024, the panel's chairman Naoshi Hirata, professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo, emphasized the need for continued vigilance as active seismic activity will likely continue for a while.
"Such seismic activity has not been observed in Japan before, making 'it difficult to predict when it might subside,' Hirata said.
"Earlier this week, the Japan Meteorological Agency issued its second-ever Nankai Trough Extra Information after an earthquake of magnitude of 6.6 struck southwestern Japan.
"But while the jolting occurred beneath the western edge of the hypothesized epicenter of a Nankai Trough quake, the agency did not issue a special alert as it was not deemed to have immediately raised the risk of a megaquake."
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Japan's internal affairs ministry has presented a new plan to send officials from some prefectures to help other areas hit hard by a possible massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/02/12/japan/partner-prefecture-nankai/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes
A leading researcher in disaster preparedness who experienced the powerful earthquake that hit western Japan 30 years ago has called for discussions on post-earthquake management problems that remain unresolved. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/21/japan/japan-disaster-prevention-expert-interview/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #disasterpreparedness #kobeuniversity #earthquakes #yoshiterumurosaki #nankaitrough #notopeninsula
As Japan marks Kobe quake anniversary, fears of another major disaster mount https://www.byteseu.com/662383/ #2011GreatEastJapanEarthquakeAndTsunami #Japan #JapanMeteorologicalAgency #KansaiRegion #Kobe #Miyazaki #NankaiTrough #NaturalDisasters #Osaka #Seismologists #tremors #Tsunami
The probability that a Nankai Trough megaquake will occur in the next 30 years in Japan has risen to “around 80%,” according to new research released by a government expert panel. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/16/japan/science-health/nankai-quake-probability/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #earthquakes #nankaitrough
No megaquake advisory for the Nankai Trough was elicited on Monday when an earthquake hit southern Japan even though it was at a similar area to one last August that sparked the first such an alert. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/14/japan/explainer/nankai-trough-earthquake-warnings-dropped-explainer/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #explainer #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness
The Cabinet Office on Friday released improved public relations measures regarding the government's emergency alert system for a megaquake that may occur in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/20/japan/megaquake-alert-nankai-trough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #nankaitrough
Many municipalities at risk of damage from a possible Nankai Trough megaquake lack an understanding of how the government's warning system works, a government survey showed Tuesday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/26/japan/society/municipalities-unaware-megaquake-advisory-system/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #nankaitrough #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness
Japan's public finances have worsened with each major emergency, including the global financial crisis, the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, and the COVID-19 pandemic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/11/15/economy/japan-finance-emergencies/ #business #economy #japaneseeconomy #disasterpreparedness #nankaitrough #earthquakes #fiscalspending
Japan is accustomed to the constant threat of natural disasters, but when a government advisory over the possibility of a megaquake originating in the Nankai Trough was issued in early August, the nation was put on edge. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/10/06/earth-science/earthquake-alerts-japan-controversy/ #environment #earthscience #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness
Sales of portable power supply devices that can charge smartphones and home appliances are surging as consumer awareness of disaster preparedness rises https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/08/japan/portable-power-supply-devices/ #japan #disasterpreparedness #electricity #nankaitrough
Although 80% of people knew about the possibility of a huge earthquake off Japan's Pacific coast, around 20% did nothing about it, according to a new survey at the University of Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/09/01/japan/society/nankai-trough-quake-warning/ #japan #society #earthquakes #nankaitrough #surveys
Sept. 1 marks Disaster Prevention Day in Japan and in addition to canned foods and portable toilets, it's a good chance to review the language surrounding earthquakes and typhoons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2024/08/30/language/earthquake-nankai-trough-safety/ #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness
