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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

SAITAMA, Japan, Sept. 1 Kyodo - Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years. (Kyodo)

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (2nd from R) inspects a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during the closing ceremony of a cross-prefecture disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

A cross-prefecture disaster drill is conducted at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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Cross-prefecture joint disaster drill

Firefighters conduct a disaster drill at a park in Saitama near Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2025, the 102nd anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake. Police officers, Self-Defense Force members and medical staff as well as firefighters from four prefectures and five cities in the Tokyo metropolitan area were mobilized for the joint drill as authorities warn that a megaquake has a 70 percent probability of hitting the Tokyo area within the next 30 years.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

A memorial ceremony for the victims of a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is held in Kathmandu on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 quake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

A memorial ceremony for the victims of a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is held in Kathmandu on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 quake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

Photos featuring Nepal's reconstruction efforts are on display in Patan on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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10th anniversary of megaquake in Nepal

Equipment used for rescue operations after a massive earthquake in Nepal in 2015 is on display in Patan on April 25, 2025, the 10th anniversary of the magnitude 7.8 quake that claimed lives of about 9,000 people.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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Drill for Nankai Trough quake

Japan Self-Defense Force personnel take part in a drill in preparation for the possibility of a massive earthquake in Osaka on Jan. 17, 2025. The exercise simulated a tsunami warning issued during the 2025 World Exposition, scheduled to begin in April in the western Japan city, following a megaquake in the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast.

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M6.6 quake hits southwestern Japan

Seismologists meet at the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2025, to examine the risk of an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.6, which struck off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki earlier in the day, leading to a megaquake in or near the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast. (Pool photo)

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M6.6 quake hits southwestern Japan

Seismologists meet at the Japan Meteorological Agency in Tokyo on Jan. 13, 2025, to examine the risk of an earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.6, which struck off the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki earlier in the day, leading to a megaquake in or near the Nankai Trough near Japan's Pacific coast. (Pool photo)

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Expected epicenter area for Nankai Trough megaquake

TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 18 Kyodo - The shaded area on the map shows the likely epicenter zone for a megaquake that is expected to occur with a probability of 70-80 percent within 30 years around the Nankai Trough (red line) running along Japan's Pacific coast. The Japanese government issued a megaquake advisory after an M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8, 2024, with its epicenter (circle in lower L) located within the area.

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[Breaking News]Japan megaquake alert ends

TOKYO, Japan, Aug. 15 Kyodo - Japanese disaster management minister Yoshifumi Matsumura meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, as a megaquake advisory around the Nankai Trough along the Pacific coast officially ended at 5 p.m. The advisory was issued by the weather agency after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8. (Kyodo)

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Photo taken Aug. 15, 2024, shows a beach in the Wakayama Prefecture town of Shirahama, western Japan, close to the Nankai Trough that runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The government lifted a megaquake advisory the same day, around the Nankai Trough it issued after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8.

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Photo taken Aug. 15, 2024, shows a harbor in the Miyazaki Prefecture city of Nichinan, southwestern Japan, close to the Nankai Trough that runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The government lifted a megaquake advisory the same day, around the Nankai Trough it issued after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8.

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Photo taken Aug. 11, 2024, shows a beach in the Kochi Prefecture town of Kuroshio, western Japan, close to the Nankai Trough that runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The government lifted a megaquake advisory on Aug. 15, 2024, around the Nankai Trough it issued after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8. ==Kyodo

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Photo taken Aug. 15, 2024, shows a beach in the Shizuoka Prefecture city of Izu, central Japan, close to the Nankai Trough that runs along Japan's Pacific coast. The government lifted a megaquake advisory the same day, around the Nankai Trough it issued after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8.

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Japan megaquake alert ends

Japanese disaster management minister Yoshifumi Matsumura meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2024, as a megaquake advisory around the Nankai Trough along the Pacific coast officially ended at 5 p.m. The advisory was issued by the weather agency after a M7.1 quake hit southwestern Japan on Aug. 8.

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[Breaking News]Megaquake advisory in Japan

NICHINAN, Japan, Aug. 9 Kyodo - A bathing beach is closed in Nichinan in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki on Aug. 9, 2024, after Japan's weather agency issued its first-ever advisory on a higher-than-usual probability of a megaquake around the Nankai Trough, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit the region the previous day. (Kyodo)

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Megaquake advisory in Japan

A bathing beach is closed in Nichinan in the southwestern Japan prefecture of Miyazaki on Aug. 9, 2024, after Japan's weather agency issued its first-ever advisory on a higher-than-usual probability of a megaquake around the Nankai Trough, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake that hit the region the previous day.

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Japan PM cancels Central Asia, Mongolia trip over megaquake advisory

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2024, following his decision to cancel a planned four-day trip to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. The move came after Japan's weather agency issued its first-ever advisory on a higher-than-usual probability of a megaquake around the Nankai Trough, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the country's southwest.

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Japan PM cancels Central Asia, Mongolia trip over megaquake advisory

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida meets the press in Tokyo on Aug. 9, 2024, following his decision to cancel a planned four-day trip to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia. The move came after Japan's weather agency issued its first-ever advisory on a higher-than-usual probability of a megaquake around the Nankai Trough, following a magnitude 7.1 earthquake in the country's southwest.

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'34M' logo derived from worst tsunami prediction

KOCHI, Japan - Samples of canned emergency foods bearing the logo of 34M made by Kuroshio-cho Cannery in the coastal town of Kuroshio, Kochi Prefecture, in western Japan are photographed on April 17, 2014. A prediction says the town could face tsunami of up to 34 meters high in case of a megaquake.

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Food company's logo using worst prediction on tsunami

KOCHI, Japan - Kuroshio-cho Cannery, a canned foods company in the coastal town of Kuroshio, Kochi Prefecture, western Japan, takes advantage of the chilling prediction that the town could face tsunami of up to 34 meters high in case of a megaquake, as it promotes the development of canned emergency foods bearing the logo of 34 M. The photo was taken on March 28, 2014.

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Quake aftermath

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Ground Self-Defense Force members work to remove a sake brewery tank from a road in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 16, 2011, five days after a megaquake hit Japan.

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Quake aftermath

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - Police officers collect bodies from rubble in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 16, 2011, five days after a megaquake hit Japan.

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Megaquake aftermath in Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - People carry the body of a victim of the mega earthquake and tsunami disasters through debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 15, 2011.

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Megaquake aftermath in Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - Local residents walk to see damage to their homes in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 15, 2011. The area was hit hard by the historic earthquake and tsunami disasters on March 11.

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Megaquake aftermath in Miyagi Pref.

KESENNUMA, Japan - People carry the body of a victim of the mega earthquake and tsunami disasters through debris in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 15, 2011.

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Tokyo area railway service disrupted over power outage plan

TOKYO, Japan - Passengers pack JR Kichijoji Station in western Tokyo on March 14, 2011, as train services were disrupted due to a planned power outage in connection with a megaquake that hit Japan's eastern and northeastern regions.

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Tokyo area railway service disrupted over power outage plan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Many passengers stand in line to transfer trains at Yokohama Station, southwest of Tokyo, on March 14, 2011, after Japan Railway services were suspended due to planned power outages in connection with a megaquake that hit Japan's eastern and northeastern regions.

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Tokyo area railway service disrupted over power outage plan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Many passengers stand in line to transfer trains at Yokohama Station, southwest of Tokyo, on March 14, 2011, after Japan Railway services were suspended due to planned power outages in connection with a megaquake that hit Japan's eastern and northeastern regions.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - People walk through water still at high levels in the tsunami-hit city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011, two days after the disaster.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

ISHINOMAKI, Japan - Police officers guide an elderly woman in the tsunami-hit city of Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011, two days after the disaster.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Firefighters carry the body of an unidentified person killed by a tsunami in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, on March 13, 2011, two days after the disaster.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

KESENNUMA, Japan - A wrecked vehicle is seen stuck on a building in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 13, 2011, two days after the area was devastated by a powerful earthquake and massive tsunami.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

SENDAI, Japan - A crushed bus lies on the roof of a house after being swept up by tsunami in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2011, following the March 11 earthquake.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People walk through debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2011, two days after a massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the city.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

MINAMISANRIKU, Japan - Photo shows the flattened town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2011, two days after earthquake and tsunami disasters.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

RIKUZENTAKATA, Japan - People walk through debris in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2011, two days after a massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the city.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

KESENNUMA, Japan - Emergency personnel carry the body of a tsunami victim from a nursing home in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2011, two days after the earthquake and tsunami disasters.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan speaks in a press conference at his office in Tokyo on March 13, 2011, two days after earthquake and tsunami disasters. Kan said Japan faces the most severe crisis since World War II but he believes Japanese people are able to overcome the hardship.

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Megaquake aftermath in Japan

OFUNATO, Japan - A woman walks past wrecked cars piled up by tidal waves in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on March 13, 2011, two days after the disaster.