- Title: Japan ends megaquake advisory on Nankai Trough disasters
- Date: 15th August 2024
- Summary: TOKYO, JAPAN (AUGUST 15, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PEOPLE OUTSIDE TOKYO STATION (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 59 YEAR-OLD VOLUNTEER, AKIKO KUSAKABE, SAYING: "I already have a big rucksack with emergency food, water and so on, but I don't normally use it so I checked it and replaced items." PEOPLE WALKING OUTSIDE TOKYO STATION (SOUNDBITE) (Japanese) 24 YEAR-OLD COMPANY EMPLOYEE,
- Embargoed: 29th August 2024 11:18
- Keywords: Japan Japan Meteorological Agency Japanese people Tokyo advisory earthquake news conference
- Location: TOKYO, JAPAN
- City: TOKYO, JAPAN
- Country: Japan
- Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
- Reuters ID: LVA002692915082024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:Japan on Thursday (August 15) ended its call for higher-than-usual risks of a major earthquake, one week after a strong tremor on the edge of the Nankai Trough seabed zone caused the government to issue its first-ever megaquake advisory.
Citizens can now return to normal life as no abnormalities were observed in the seismic activity of the Nankai Trough located along Japan's Pacific coast in the past week, said Yoshifumi Matsumura, the state minister for disaster management.
Members of the public in Tokyo were generally supportive of the decision to issue the advisory, saying it encouraged them to review their own emergency preparations.
"I already have a big rucksack with emergency food, water and so on, but I don't normally use it so I checked it and replaced items," 59 year-old Akiko Kusakabe said.
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