Have had block walls checked to prevent collapse Had a home earthquake resistance survey and dangerous points highlighted Have a home that is strong against earthquakes Have proactively participated in disaster drill Have emergency clothes, blankets prepared Have valuables, etc, ready for emergency evacuation Have water buckets, fire extinquishers prepared Have furniture, refridgerator braced against falling over (to Q3) Have decided how to keep in touch with family in emergency Have decided on nearby school, park, etc as evacuation location Have emergency food, water supplies prepared Q2: What sort of preparation have you done in case of a large earthquake? (Sample size=1,757, multiple answer) Have portable radio, torch, medicines, etc prepared Live in shared accomodation, rental house, etc, so cannot choose to do it myself Q1SQ: Why don’t you have any plans to get your own home strengthened against earthquakes? (Sample size=1,299, multiple answer) Takes too much money Plan to get work done, but not within a yearĭon’t have a plan, but would like to get it done sometime ( to SQ) Research results Q1: Have you thought about getting your own home strengthened against earthquakes? (Sample size=1,757) Plan to get work done within a year If the worst comes to the worst, we plan to evacuate to the next-door town we live on the border between two, and across the line is a posh school that’s bound to have decent facilities and is slightly closer than our official emergency centre, a dingy, slightly falling down concrete shed. I don’t think we have a gas canister for that, though… We usually have a bath tub of water sitting around, but we’ve got a funny toilet that won’t flush when the electricity’s off. We’ve actually just bought emergency kits actually, it was stored up points from my credit card, so we spent it on two evacuation kits and a table-top stove. If you live in Tokyo, the bad news is that the city is overdue being flattened by the big one Nagoya is due to be hit by a tsunami, and Osaka will probably get the two for the price of one. Age and sex breakdown was not reported, although Cabinet Office surveys tend to have a more even age spread than other surveys. 1,757 of these took part in face-to-face interviews. Demographicsīetween the 4th and 14th of October 2007 3,000 adults from all over Japan were randomly selected.
With much of Japan in ever-present danger of being wiped out by an earthquake, and with the recent launch of the earthquake early warning system, the Cabinet Office Japan decided to take a look at earthquake preparedness.
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