By HIDEMASA YOSHIZAWA/ Staff Writer
March 22, 2022 at 18:58 JST
A sign warns of tsunami at Aomori train station in Aomori Prefecture. A tsunami of up to 5 meters is expected to strike areas around the station in the event of a megaquake in the Japan Trench. (Toru Furusho)
The government was urged to amend a special law enacted in 2004 to prepare the public for a megaquake in either the Japan Trench that is part of the Pacific Rim of Fire off northeastern Japan or the Chishima trench that lies off Tokachi in Hokkaido and stretches to the Kuril Islands. [Read More]
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