Japan, Tectonics

Question 1

Impacts

Answer 1

15,000 deaths 
6,000 injured
200,000 evacuated from Fukushima (nuclear plant)
28% tourism drop
£300 billion damage

Question 2

Vulnerability

Answer 2

Ageing population
Good building standards
Struck a nuclear power plant
HIC

Question 3

Response

Answer 3

Within 2 seconds the bullet trains were stopped
500,000 moved into evacuation shelters
By the end of the month the airport was being used again

Question 4

Governance

Answer 4

First 30 mins, 11 military planes in the air identifying poor communities.
People were educated for disasters