By TAKAOKI YAMAMOTO/ Staff Writer
March 23, 2022 at 19:03 JST
A 10.1-meter-high evacuation tower located 1.8 kilometers from the sea off Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, offers shelter to people evacuating from a tsunami. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
From long distances to evacuation sites to a lack of appropriate shelter structures and warm clothing, municipalities in Hokkaido and the Tohoku region are struggling to plan for a tsunami caused by an ocean trench megaquake. [Read More]
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