False information concerning a powerful earthquake in central Japan on New Year's Day has been spreading on social media platforms, prompting the government on Wednesday to call for the public to exercise caution.Some posts have attributed the cause of the magnitude-7.6 quake that struck the Noto Peninsula and its vicinity on the Sea of Japan coast on Monday to the use of an "earthquake weapon," while describing the seismic event as an "artificial earthquake."A woman in her 40s in one of the disaster-hit areas had her address publicly disclosed in a post attributed to her that stated, "My s…READ FULL ARTICLE
