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Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Mar 28, 2014
Residents of Nagoya get disaster info maps
Officials in Nagoya are distributing seismic and tsunami hazard maps based on the damage the city is projected to take from an earthquake in the Nankai Trough.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2014
Estimated death toll in Nagoya from Nankai quake increased significantly
A magnitude-9.0 earthquake along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan could kill as many as 6,700 people in Nagoya, 1.5 times the number previously estimated, the municipal government said Wednesday.
JAPAN
Mar 11, 2014
JR West stages Kii tsunami exercise
In preparation for an anticipated major quake in the Nankai Trough, West Japan Railway Co. held an earthquake emergency drill Tuesday on the southern coastline of the Kii Peninsula in Wakayama Prefecture.
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2014
Nankai Trough quake could top intensity scale in Nagoya, city says
A quake as powerful as magnitude 9 feared to hit the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan could max out the Japanese seismic intensity scale to 7 in areas surrounding the port of Nagoya, the city warned Monday.
JAPAN
Jan 24, 2014
Quake will cut water to 94% of Osaka
A powerful earthquake originating in what seismologists call the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast could cut off tap water to roughly 8.32 million people in Osaka, or 94 percent of the prefecture's residents, the Osaka Prefectural Government said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jan 11, 2014
Dire quake forecasts fail to stir a numb public
Is there a level of fear above which the mind reflexively retreats from imagining the worst? The Great East Japan Earthquake was often described as being 'beyond imagination,' and the art and science of projecting future catastrophes has had to adjust accordingly.
JAPAN
Dec 30, 2013
10 prefectures say Nankai quake toll may top state's estimates
Ten prefectures predict they will see more deaths than the state's estimate if a big earthquake occurs along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, based on tougher conditions, such as the collapse of seawalls and coastal embankments, a Kyodo News study found.
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2013
All bets are off if Nankai Trough has the Big One
If a magnitude 8 or greater earthquake hits along the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, it and its tsunami could claim more than 300,000 lives, trigger an eruption of Mount Fuji and turn millions of people into refugees, prefectural and local governments predict.
JAPAN
Sep 2, 2013
Smaller Nankai quake also dangerous
A temblor with magnitude of 8 in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan could heavily damage high-rise buildings in Tokyo and Osaka, a national research institute recently said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2013
Disaster drill held to prepare for Nankai quake
A disaster drill for the anticipated major earthquake in central to western Japan was held Saturday with about 4,200 people taking part at numerous locations.
JAPAN
Aug 22, 2013
E-map eyed for Nankai earthquake aftermath
The government calls for an electronic mapping system as part of measures to respond to the feared Nankai Trough quake, which threatens to spawn 30-meter tsunami that could wipe out populous areas of the Pacific.
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2013
Mobile phones, SNS data to the rescue in Nankai Trough scenario
Some 18 years after the Great Hanshin Earthquake mangled Kobe and just two years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami required U.S. help to save Tohoku, the land ministry is still making grand plans to counter the next natural disaster.
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2013
Magnitude 9 Nankai Trough quake would violently rock Tokyo, Osaka high-rises
If a massive quake were to occur along the Nankai Trough, it could violently sway high-rise buildings in cities as far from the epicenter as Tokyo and Osaka, new estimates show.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 6, 2013
State lowballed Nankai tsunami impact: Osaka
Osaka said Thursday a massive temblor could trigger tsunami that could flood an area of 9,394 hectares in the prefecture, three times more than earlier estimated by the central government.
EDITORIALS
Jun 4, 2013
Nankai quake preparedness
Can Japan even begin to prepare for the effects of a future Nankai Trough quake? A Cabinet office final report has a sober warning.
JAPAN
May 15, 2013
Nankai Big One could kill 1,800 in isles: metro team
Some 1,800 people in the Izu and Ogasawara island chains in the Pacific could be killed, mainly by tsunami, if the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan experiences a major temblor, the metro government says.
EDITORIALS
Mar 25, 2013
Coping with a Nankai megaquake
It is estimated that economic damage from a magnitude-9 quake centered in the Pacific's Nankai Trough could amount to 40 percent of Japan's GDP.
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2013
¥220 trillion hit seen from Nankai quake
The bill for a 9.0-magnitude temblor striking in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan would be about ¥220 trillion — not including nuclear fallout damages.
With eye on China, defense chiefs agree to bolster interoperability
From left: U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Australian defense chief Richard Marles, Japanese Defense Minister Minoru Kihara and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro hold a joint news conference in Honolulu on Thursday.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Debate on constitutional revision at a standstill despite Kishida's pledges
With less than two months left before the conclusion of the current session of parliament, any possibility that Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can deliver constitutional reform before the end of his term as Liberal Democratic Party president in late September, as he has promised, appears remote.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
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