Japan: Megaquake Fears Keep Kishida Home as Elections Loom

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida decided to stay home from his trip to Mongolia and an Aug. 9-12 Central Asia summit due to an Aug. 8 warning from the Japan Meteorological Agency about a heightened possibility of a "megaquake" originating from the Nankai Trough that could heavily damage Japan’s southeastern seaboard, Nikkei Asia reported on Aug. 9....