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200,000 could die in major Japan tsunami after quake
The Straits Times
|December 12, 2025
Japanese government estimates warn that up to 199,000 people could die from a major tsunami following an earthquake along the Japan and Chishima trenches.
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According to the country's Central Disaster Management Council, maximum-class tsunamis have occurred along the trenches at intervals of about 300 to 400 years.
The most recent one is thought to have been in the 17th century. Experts believe a maximum-class earthquake and tsunami are imminent.
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