Japan is preparing for a massive earthquake

Japan is preparing for a massive earthquakeThe centenary of the Great Kanto earthquake brings angst, and lessons for the world Every year on September 1st, Japan’s ministers trek by foot to the prime minister’s office to take part in a crisis simulation. Across the country, local officials and schoolchildren drill for disasters. The date marks the Great Kanto earthquake, a 7.9-magnitude tremor tha

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“Quakes of this size could “challenge the survival of Japan as a state” and send economic shock waves around the globe, says Fukuwa Nobuo of Nagoya University.”