Urgent consideration of how to tackle new challenges needed.
As reported by The Yomiuri Shimbun, May 28, 2022, if a major earthquake hits Tokyo, it could cause many casualties and have a great impact on government and corporate activities. It is hoped that possible challenges will be examined, and preparations will be made quickly in order to minimize the damage.
The Tokyo metropolitan government has revised its earthquake damage estimate for the first time in a decade. In the event of a magnitude 7.3 earthquake with a focus under the southern part of central Tokyo, 60% of the capital’s wards could register tremors of upper 6 or higher on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, and about 6,100 people could die.
