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Preparing for Nankai megaquake

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The Cabinet Office’s Central Disaster Prevention Council said Wednesday that a megaquake of magnitude-9 in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coasts and its ensuing tsunami could kill up to 323,000 people in 30 prefectures including Tokyo, with about 70 percent of the deaths tsunami-related. Malfunctioning water gates would cause 23,000 more deaths. The estimated … Read more

Akira’s Kaneda Bike Goes on Road Trip Throughout Japan: Info, Videos & POSTER Size Images!

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Akira’s Kaneda Bike Goes on Road Trip Throughout Japan: Info, Videos & POSTER Size Images! The only officially recognized replica of Shotaro Kaneda’s motorcycle from Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira manga and film is currently traveling across Japan. Shinji Tejima from the Showa Studio automobile repair shop spent seven years and approximately 10 million yen (about US$121,400) … Read more

A new Pokemon Center shop in Quake-Hit Tohoku Region this Winter

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A new Pokemon Center shop will open in Sendai City in Miyagi Prefecture this winter. The store will be built inside Sendai’s Aer skyscraper, the tallest building in the Tohoku region This will be the first Pokemon Center built in the Tohoku region, the northeastern part of Japan’s main island that was devastated by the … Read more