Japan is seeking to reduce by 80 per cent in the next decade its estimated 298,000 death toll from a potential megaquake in the Nankai Trough.
Authorities also intend to halve the maximum number of buildings expected to be completely destroyed in such a disaster from the current projection of 2.35 million.
The targets align with a 2104 basic blueprint but will also take into account the latest damage estimates released in March, according to the Kyodo news agency. A revised plan for emergency earthquake response and disaster mitigation for the next 10 years is in the works.
The draft was approved at a ruling Liberal Democratic Party panel meeting on Tuesday and is expected to be adopted by the government’s Central Disaster Management Council in early July.
The earthquake task force’s revised estimate showed only a 20 per cent reduction in 2014’s projected death toll of 332,000 and 2.5 million destroyed buildings, The Japan Times newspaper reported.
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