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Japan Updates Tokyo Earthquake Plan to Cut Projected Deaths and Damage in Half
The government on Friday approved a revised 10-year preparedness plan for a possible major quake under the Tokyo area. The plan sets a target of reducing deaths and destroyed buildings to half or less of December 2025 estimates.
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The government on Friday approved a revised basic plan that sets measures for the next decade in preparation for a possible powerful earthquake directly beneath the Tokyo metropolitan area. The revised plan includes a target to reduce the number of deaths and the number of buildings destroyed or burned down due to an earthquake to at least half of the latest estimates, released in December 2025, of up to 18,000 and around 400,000, respectively.
It also prioritizes installing seismic circuit breakers, which cut off power upon sensing tremors, at almost all households in Tokyo and nine prefectures in and around the Kanto region covered by the plan by fiscal 2035, up from 20% in fiscal 2024.
The government intends to reduce the number of deaths and the number of buildings destroyed or burned down due to an earthquake to at least half of the latest estimates. The government intends to reduce the number of deaths and the number of buildings destroyed or burned down due to an earthquake to at least half of the latest estimates.
