Reconstruction and land development in coastal areas of ... Miyagi Prefecture, which were hit hardest by the tsunami. In 11 municipalities in Fukushima Prefecture, the total population is only ...

More than 18,000 people died on March 11, 2011 when Japan's north-eastern coast was hit by a massive earthquake, tsunami and ...

One that could spell disaster across the Golden State, projected to hit sometime ... across land, there’s also potential for an earthquake off the coast. In that scenario, tsunami waves are ...

A highest-level warning for a Nankai Trough megaquake would prompt a government evacuation advisory for 670,000 people, but less than half of the affected municipalities are prepared, an Asahi Shimbun ...