TOKYO — Japan, one of the most earthquake-prone nations on earth, issued its first-ever ''megaquake advisory'' last week after a powerful quake struck off the southeastern coast of the southern ...

A "megaquake" alert in August and one of the fiercest typhoons in decades resulted in gross domestic product (GDP) expanding just 0.2 percent between July and September from the previous quarter ...

The Japan Meteorological Agency issued its first megaquake advisory, covering 707 municipalities from Okinawa to Ibaraki prefectures, after a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck off Miyazaki ...

Megaquake advisory issued (19:15 JST) Nankai Trough quakes occur every 100 to 200 years along the plate boundary between Suruga Bay in Shizuoka Prefecture and the Hyuganada Sea in Kyushu. The ...