Japan aims to cut Nankai quake death toll estimate by 80% in decade

Japan will set a goal of reducing a March estimate of up to 298,000 deaths from a potential megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough by around 80 percent over the next 10 years, government and ruling party sources said Tuesday.The government will also aim to halve the maximum number of buildings expected to be completely destroyed in the quake from the current estimate of 2.35 million, the sources said.A draft of the revised plan for disaster prevention containing the goals was approved at a ruling Liberal Democratic Party panel meeting Tuesday, with a formal decision expected to be made at…READ FULL ARTICLE