The Tokyo Metropolitan Government said Tuesday that it plans to set a new target of “roughly halving” the estimated maximum death toll from a possible huge earthquake occurring directly under the Japanese capital.
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According to the revised estimates, a 7.3-magnitude quake occurring under the southern part of central Tokyo and quake-triggered fires could kill as many as about 6,100 people and damage some 194,000 buildings.
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The metropolitan government is now aiming to further reduce the estimated death toll through such efforts as eliminating houses built under the former earthquake resistance standards by fiscal 2025 and raising the proportion, to 25% by fiscal 2030, of buildings with seismic circuit breakers that automatically cut off power when a major quake happens.
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