Japan is taking the rare steps of turning to imports and releasing part of its emergency stockpile of the grain as the ...

Japan, a country well-acquainted with seismic activity, experiences roughly 1,500 earthquakes annually due to its location on ...

TOKYO, April 18 — Rice prices in Japan last month were almost twice what they were a year earlier ... Factors behind the ...

The Japanese government estimates that there is a 70-80 percent chance of a megaquake occurring within 30 years.

The last megaquake that took place on the Nankai Trough in Japan was in 1946, along the edge of Shikoku. It was a magnitude 8 disaster that led to the loss of over 1,300 lives. In 1940 ...

Japan faces an unsettling prospect as experts warn of an impending megaquake that could devastate the nation ... Current efforts focus on enhancing early warning systems, evacuation plans, and ...

In the quiet depths off Japan’s Pacific coast, a silent threat is growing louder. Scientists are sounding the alarm over a potentially ‘apocalyptic’ megaquake in the Nankai Trough — a ...

Tokyo (CNN) — Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like ...

The shortages have been driven by factors including poor harvests due to hot weather in 2023 and panic-buying prompted by a "megaquake" warning last ... year-on-year. Japan is aiming to boost ...

The shortages have been driven by factors including poor harvests caused by hot weather and panic-buying prompted by a "megaquake" warning last year - Copyright AFP ...

Japan will sell more rice from its emergency stockpile through July in an attempt ... The shortages have been driven by factors including poor harvests due to hot weather in 2023 and panic-buying ...

Japan is bracing for a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough, with experts warning of catastrophic tsunamis reaching over 100 feet. The impending disaster could result in 300,000 fatalities, ...