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Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Director General Hiroyuki Fukano said the government's disaster preparations 'had been insufficient in many ways.' 'As we had taken much time to assess quake resistance, we had lagged in taking anti-tsunami measures'...
'Just because there is a gap between some predictions and the actual tsunami, it is important not to take them lightly, and to heed warnings in evacuating' said Yoshiaki Kawata, professor at Kansai University...
According to the Mainichi Daily News, out of the 82,291 people in 12 towns and cities along the coast of the Iwate Prefecture, that were ordered to evacuate after the tsunami alert last weekend following the Chilean earthquake, only 7,000 were relocated....
Drills took place all across the nation today to mark 'National Disaster Prevention Day' which envisioned earthquakes in the Tonankai and Nankai regions...
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