A weeklong government call for increased preparedness based on an advisory over a potential megaquake along the Pacific coast officially ended 5 p.m. Thursday, after no new major seismic activity was confirmed around the Nankai Trough.The Nankai Trough megaquake advisory, the first since the system was implemented in 2017, prompted the central government and local communities to intensify disaster preparations over the past week. It also negatively impacted some tourism-related businesses during the summer holiday season.Japan, a quake-prone nation, has long feared a magnitude 8 to 9 quake …READ FULL ARTICLE
