Fukuda visits quake-hit area to encourage evacuees

Wednesday 18th June, 01:04 PM JST

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northlondon at 02:16 PM JST - 18th June

What happened to the Earthquake laws that came into place after the Great Hanshin quake ? I would have thought that public school buildings would be covered by that ?
Himajin at 02:30 PM JST - 18th June

Well, were they built before or after?
northlondon at 02:41 PM JST - 18th June

If you don't understand the importance of this news article today, then don't bother picking little arguments out of it. The Great Hanshin quake unravelled a whole catalogue of construction shortcuts and weaknesses in buildings. I would have thought that public school buildings being used by schoolchildren today should have to meet the updated construction laws.
kirakira25 at 03:28 PM JST - 18th June

This makes me slightly nervous. My daughter attends a public kindergarten/elementary school and the building is pretty old. I was told that it would have been checked and adapted to meet current earthquake resistance requirements, but after reading this I am not so sure. Should I be worried? I know, I know, I sound like a paranoid nervous gaijin-Mom - I`m sorry! But still....
sabinuki at 04:27 PM JST - 18th June

Headline should read:

Fukuda visits quake-hit area to encourage support of more than 20% for his flailing cabinet.
capone at 04:32 PM JST - 18th June

"you must have had a tough time" ...does he think these gems up himself ?
stanoue at 06:36 PM JST - 18th June

What is it with people who have to bag every little thing - he went to show his support OK, better than doing nothing - damned if you do and damned if you don't with J-T posters. I'm glad I don't have your obviously miserable lives where you have to moan about everything.
Patrick Smash at 10:42 PM JST - 18th June

I quite like Fukuda, but he has an impossible job on his hands. He can't do jack about anything. How will raising consumption tax and lowering pension pay outs help earthquake victims exactly? The country's money is being spent on taxi rides by bureaucrats or otherwise being frittered away by the elite he is supposed to be in charge of. At least those worst affected can cheer as more people are hanged I suppose.
thepro at 12:25 AM JST - 19th June

"You must have had a tough time" - reads like a robot trying to sound sympathetic