When the Japanese Coast Guard inspects an abandoned yacht in Tokyo Bay, it is attacked seemingly out of nowhere. Subsequently, similar incidents accumulate, so that Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary Rando Yaguchi is soon convinced that some kind of unknown creature is behind it. However, his warnings fall on deaf ears until a gigantic creature suddenly rises from the water and destroys everything in its path. Yaguchi, meanwhile, comes across the research of a disgraced professor and discovers that the creature, christened Godzilla, was created by radioactive radiation. The Japanese and American militaries are helpless against Godzilla, so Yaguchi must find a way to defeat the monster. With the help of U.S. special envoy Kayoko Ann Patterson, he devises a plan ...