Japan Govt Survey on Emergency Evacuation Sites Finds Twice as Much Potential Facilities than Currently Designated

The Yomiuri Shimbun
13:16 JST,
April 10, 2025
Although not designated as emergency temporary evacuation facilities, there are 1,845 underground facilities in Japan that can be used for evacuation which would provide twice as much evacuation area as the current space if utilized, according to the first government survey on shelters used as emerg...
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