A telecom tower on a building in northeastern Japan, where damage including a broken pillar was detected after a powerful tremor earlier this week, has so far been judged safe from collapse following the magnitude 6.9 earthquake on Friday.The steel tower, about 70 meters tall, is located in the center of Hachinohe, which recorded an upper 6 on Japan's seismic intensity scale of 7 on Monday night, according to NTT East, a subsidiary of one of the country's major telecom operators.On Thursday, Hachinohe issued evacuation orders to 48 households in the surrounding area, saying the tower could …READ FULL ARTICLE
