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1.COULD WE BUILD BUILDINGS LIKE JAPAN'S THAT ADAPT TO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS? Base Isolater. flexible pipes, steel cross braces (placed between floors), mass damper (counteracts earthquake movements on top of building), active tendom system that works like mass damper on bottom of building. -Earth Science Book 2.HOW MUCH OF JAPAN WAS DESTROYED BY THE EARTHQUAKE? North and East of Tokyo bay is destroyed or affected. Estimation: 5.1 million homes have been lost and almost all of Japan's industry is based on Hanshu too. Almost everything going along Tokyo Bay to the tip of Hokkaido, has been wiped out. []

3.HOW DID JAPAN PREPARE FOR NATURAL DISASTERS? (EARTHQUAKE, TSUNAMI) Japan prepared in drastic measures. They created new buildings that are "earthquake resistant", emergency services go through monthly drills and give the children tours of safe facilities for them to go to when disasters occur. Japan have a "national disaster prevention day", where they take a whole day to just be prepared for these kinds of things. []

4.WHY IS IT SO BAD THAT THE POWER PLANTS EXPLODED? The failure of the cooling system, the reactor became overheated and steam. Inside, the reactor pressure gets dangerously high. The released pressure from the nuclear reactor contains a lot of hydrogen which is flammable and has exploded in contact with air. []

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