Gov't says 10,000 schools need quake-resistance measures

Thursday 22nd May, 06:21 AM JST

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borscht at 08:50 AM JST - 22nd May

First, he pulled that number out of his, er, hat. How do I know this? Because when the government of Japan really checks, the number is not rounded off. "9,273 schools are dangerous.'

Second, after the 1994 Northridge earthquake 'experts' in Japan said that the highways in Japan wouldn't collapse because Japanese engineers and workers were better... oops 1995 Kobe earthquake. Then they ran out and beefed up all the highways, bridges, and overpasses.

Now, you'd think after the Kobe earthquake -1995, 13 years ago - that the governments of cities and prefectures would check the schools but according to this article they checked because of the earthquake in China last week in which a school was crushed.

Never act, only react.
Badsey at 09:12 AM JST - 22nd May

7000 classrooms collapsed in that Chinese quake. = that is a very large number to comprehend.
Fair dinkum! at 09:50 AM JST - 22nd May

My kids start school in two years. The state of the building will definitely be a determining factor in my choice of schools. Most of the public schools around eastern Tokyo and Chiba look like they are ready to fall over without an earthquake. They were mostly built 20-40 years ago and haven't been touched since. It is a serious concern. Let's hope the local municipalities can be sufficiently 'encouraged' to get the '10,000 dangerous' schools fixed before my children are crushed in one of them.
hoserfella at 10:08 AM JST - 22nd May

I agree with borscht. Sounds like nothing more than another example of how the construction companies run this country. They will be the only ones who benefit in he end