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Public Schools Predate Building Codes, at Risk in Earthquake

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About 8.4% of public schools in Japan require urgent refortifcation. That's 10,656 schools our of the total of 127,164. Perhaps in light of the recent massive earthquake in China, Japanese local authorities are increasing efforts to fortify those 10,000 schools. Additionally, 43,109 of Japan's public schools or 33.9% predate the current building code. In short, they could not withstand an Continue Reading »


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