Japan Investigating Alternative Capitals in Case Earthquake Takes Out Tokyo

Japan Investigating Alternative Capitals in Case Earthquake Takes Out Tokyo

July 21st, 2012

This has nothing to do with that Fukushima reactor 4 spent fuel pool situation. *wink*

Via: Nikkei:

A Cabinet Office council has proposed five cities — Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Nagoya and Fukuoka — to replace Tokyo as the seat of government should an earthquake knock out the capital.

In an interim report issued Thursday, the Central Disaster Management Council outlined steps to prepare for a major offshore quake in the Nankai Trough, which runs southwest from Shizuoka Prefecture to Kyushu, or a direct hit on Tokyo.

The government will seek funding for the most urgently needed measures in next fiscal year’s budget.

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