It is an estimate made by the authorities of the country regarding this hypothetical event in the Nankai Trough.

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

TOKYO -- Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) did not include "complex disasters," a situation when nuclear accidents ...

The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common questions readers may have about what Japan will do with soil removed around the ...

Under current guidelines, the shelter-in-place period after a nuclear disaster and the timing of its lifting are not ...

Remotely operated robots are set to begin work in the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant’s basements next week, Tokyo ...

However, in terms of critical issues, such as the advancing age of these plants, the costs needed to extend their service life, the looming threat of earthquakes, as well as contentious storage ...

Nuclear weapons can produce some of the most devastating destruction of any device ever created by humankind -- so what ...

A long-feared megaquake off Japan ’s Pacific coast could kill nearly 300,000 people and cause economic damage equivalent to ...

Tokyo, April 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority decided Wednesday to revise its nuclear disaster response guidelines, mainly to clarify the conditions for lifting a shelter-in ...