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The Japan Times
@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp last week

In disaster-prone Japan, Lawson is planning to prepare 100 stores nationwide that could serve as relief centers in the event of a calamity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/10/17/companies/lawson-disaster-relief-convenience-store/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #lawson #earthquakes #nankaitrough #disasterpreparedness

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Lawson looks to create network of 'disaster relief convenience stores'

It hopes to upgrade 100 stores nationwide so that they are able to serve as key community hubs in the event of a calamity.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A Japanese research team says it has detected seafloor subsidence near the Nankai Trough for the first time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/28/japan/seafloor-subsidence-detected-near-nankai-trough/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #oceans

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Japanese team detects gradual seafloor caving near Nankai Trough

Long-term observations at multiple sites could aid in assessing the risk of major earthquakes and tsunamis.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 weeks ago

A government panel now believes a megaquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% to 94.5% or higher within the next 30 years — a hike from a previously announced estimate of around 80%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/27/japan/japan-nankai-trough-megaquake-probability/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes

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Japan revises 30-year probability rate of Nankai Trough megaquake

A government panel has said that it now thinks a huge earthquake will occur along the Nankai Trough with a probability of 60% to 94.5% or higher within the next 30 years.
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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The government has held a disaster drill under the assumption that a megaquake had occurred in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/japan-disaster-prevention-day-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #disasterpreparedness #shigeruishiba #nankaitrough #earthquakes

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

The Japanese government has corrected the number of potential advance evacuees in the event of an alert for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's coast to about 516,000, from 520,000 initially. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/japan-corrects-number-of-potential-megaquake-evacuees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #oita #disasterpreparedness

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 months ago

More than 520,000 people in Japan would be urged to evacuate for a week if an alert is issued for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast, a government survey showed. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/20/japan/megaquake-520000-evacuate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

A massive earthquake off Russia’s eastern coast triggered Pacific-wide tsunami warnings, minimal damage, and renewed warnings that Japan and the region remain dangerously underprepared for the next major disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/editorials/2025/08/01/japans-vulnerability-to-natural-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #editorials #earthquakes #tsunami #russia #nankaitrough

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

Japan has held the first meeting of its panel tasked with reviewing guidelines on how companies and local governments should respond to emergency information on a possible earthquake in the Nankai Trough. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/25/japan/nankai-trough-quake-info-guidelines-review/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #localgovernment

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@thejapantimes@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 months ago

In the first update to a disaster-prevention basic plan since it was created in 2014, the government adopted a 10-year plan to reduce the death toll resulting from a Nankai Trough megaquake by 80%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/nankai-quake-deaths-reduction-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #tsunami #disasterpreparedness #nankaitrough

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