Japan designs 108 cities as most likely to suffer tsunami damage

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The government has designated 108 municipalities across seven of the county’s 47 prefectures as requiring stronger anti-disaster measures in preparation for a major earthquake that could strike off Japan’s northern regions of Hokkaido and Tohoku and triggering a tsunami.

The government vowed Friday expanded financial assistance for the 108 municipalities, from Hokkaido to Chiba Prefecture, to assist in compiling evacuation measures, as it set a new 10-year goal to reduce by 80% the number of victims, predicted to be up to 199,000 .

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