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

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

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