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Govt Corrects Number of Potential Megaquake Evacuees

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Tokyo, Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Cabinet Office on Friday corrected the number of potential advance evacuees in the event of an alert for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country’s Pacific coast, to about 516,000 from the initial estimate of more than 520,000. The overall figure was updated after figures in Oita Prefecture were corrected. In the southwestern prefectu…

Govt Corrects Number of Potential Megaquake Evacuees

Tokyo, Aug. 22 (Jiji Press)–Japan’s Cabinet Office on Friday corrected the number of potential advance evacuees in the event of an alert for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country’s Pacific coast, to about 516,000 from the initial estimate of more than 520,000. The overall figure was updated after figures in Oita Prefecture were corrected. In the southwestern prefectu…

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