A study found that tectonic plates beneath the Chishima Trench are not slipping past each other but appear to be locked ...

A highest-level warning for a Nankai Trough megaquake would prompt a government evacuation advisory for 670,000 people, but ...

Japan wants to boost its rice exports almost eightfold by 2030, a ministry official said Thursday, despite currently ...

Three earthquakes felt across Greater Victoria since Feb. 21 is more frequent than normal but not something a local ...

The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the ...

A Japanese government panel also predicted that an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.8 could occur near the trench within 30 ...

Rice shortages driven by factors from poor harvests caused by hot weather to panic-buying over a “megaquake” warning last summer have caused prices to nearly double over a year. Exacerbating ...

The Japanese government has started to roll out a rare auction of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple.

Tokyo (AFP) – The Japanese government began a rare auction on Monday of its emergency rice stockpiles in a bid to help drive down the surging price of the national staple. Rice shortages driven ...

The plaintiffs argued the utility's risk assessment in the event of a Nankai Trough megaquake in the Pacific and a violent eruption of Mt. Aso in southwestern Japan is insufficient. Shikoku ...

he Japanese government said Friday it will release a fifth of its emergency rice stockpile after hot weather, poor harvests and panic buying over a "megaquake" warning nearly doubled prices over a ...