Megaquake advisory, Noto quake raise disaster awareness in Japan

Awareness and preparedness against natural disasters like a major earthquake have heightened among the public following a recent advisory from Japan's weather agency on a potential megaquake and a magnitude 7.6 quake that hit the central part of the country in January, according to surveys.A survey by the University of Tokyo's Center for Integrated Disaster Information Research found that 74.8 percent of respondents in areas where municipalities were urged to prepare for a potential massive Nankai Trough earthquake believed a quake would strike their towns after hearing the advisory.The Jap…READ FULL ARTICLE