Up to 298,000 people in Japan could die in a megaquake occurring in the Nankai Trough, a revised estimate by the government’s earthquake task force showed Monday, with efforts to mitigate damage reducing the number by around 10 percent from the previous estimate in 2012.
The reduction, however, falls short of the goal of reducing fatalities by around 80 percent set in the government’s 2014 basic plan for disaster prevention, highlighting the need for major revisions in evacuation strategies and infrastructure improvements.
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