The probability of a magnitude-8 or -9 megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough within the next 30 years has risen to “around 80 percent,” according to the government’s Earthquake Research Committee.

After a magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck north-eastern Japan on Monday, authorities again warned of the possibility of a future megaquake. It means that thoughts in Japan are turning to the "big one" - ...

According to other senators, Don Farrell, Labor’s special minister of state, uses parliamentary divisions to tell the opposition and the cross bench what he wants them to do for him. The topic ...