Response
Over the years, the Japanese government has enforced measures to make buildings more resistant to earthquakes in known disaster zones. Households in Japan have been ordered to keep a survival kit consisting of water and food to last a few days, a flashlight, a radio and a first aid kit; and are advised not to position heavy objects where they could easily fall during an earthquake and hamper their response or cause harm.
Many organizations and centres of research have been established to study seismological activity in Japan, and in 1969 the Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction (CCEP) was founded to coordinate research. Among the research organisations are the International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (IISEE) and the Institute of Seismology and Volcanology at Kyushu University.
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