Nearly half of households in Japan unprepared for disaster: survey

During a summer marked by earthquakes, typhoons, extreme heat and floods, nearly half of households in Japan remain unprepared for a disaster, a recent survey showed.Only 52.8 percent of households had taken steps to prepare for a disaster, leaving almost half unprepared, according to research firm Intage Inc., which conducted a survey of 5,000 people aged 15 to 79 from July 22 to July 27.The survey came just days before a magnitude 7.1 earthquake jolted the southwestern prefecture of Kumamoto on July 28, leaving tens of thousands of homes without running water and electricity.More recently…READ FULL ARTICLE