Japanese national treasures at risk from rain disasters, survey says

NHK has actually discovered that a survey by a Japanese research study institute programs national treasures or essential social possessions at 656 areas throughout the nation are at high risk from flooding or landslides in case of hefty rain.

The primary scientist at the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, Takata Yuichi, evaluated residential or commercial properties at 2,585 areas noted in the Cultural Affairs Agency’s data source, making use of the Geographic Information System and also the land ministry’s threat maps.

The evaluation likewise located that national treasures or essential social possessions in 80 of the areas deal with an especially high risk from landslides.

Takata likewise made use of a risk map produced by NHK that shows information offered by communities to examine locations with an especially high risk of flooding.

The results program that …