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Japan's Diet has revised legislation so that weather companies and other private businesses that pass screening can forecast floods and mudslides.
A seismic engineering expert in Japan has pointed to the so-called 'pancake' collapse of many buildings in Turkey as a key reason for the staggering death toll from this month's earthquake.
Following floods in 2018, Japanese businesses are tackling disaster preparedness and might commercialize evacuation insurance.
After Mount Kusatsu-Shirane erupted in 2018, Japan's Meteorological Agency resumed its observations of major volcanoes and found that, beyond the ones that were already monitored, 21 are at risk of erupting, including Mount Fuji. The agency will increase its monitoring of the 21 volcanoes, and communities affected by the eruption have improved preparedness.
The Development Bank of Japan finds that four disasters that hit Japan this year are expected to have a negative impact of more than USD $10 billion on the country's economy. The manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors are estimated to have taken a hit of $4.77 billion and $4 billion, respectively, while the tourism industry suffered $1.4 billion in losses.
According to a recent Japanese government report, up to 323,000 people could die and the following 30 meter-high tsunamies could flood up to 1000 square kilometers if a strong earthquake and tsunami hit the Nankai Trough along the country's Pacific coast. However, if the proportion of the anti-quake resistant buildings increased, there would be up to 40 per cent less collapsed buildings...
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