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06-06-2008, 05:03 PM
Earthquakes reach the news abroad so you may get the impression that many people die from them, but in my 3 years in Japan, the number of casualties has been low (sadly I probably wouldn't be saying that if I lived in China right now).
Most modern homes have some sort of shock-absorbing foundations (even some old wooden temples do, amazingly).
Having said that, I think they are expecting a big one in the Kanto area (around Tokyo) sometime in the next decade or so. Hope I wrong on that one.
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