<p>Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cancelled plans to visit central Asia on Friday, and spearhead precautionary measures instead, following an unprecedented warning that the risk of a major Pacific coast earthquake was higher than usual.</p><p>The Japan Meteorological Agency issued on Thursday its first-ever warning of the risk of a huge earthquake on the country's Pacific coast, following one of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/magnitude-71-earthquake-strikes-japan-tsunami-warnings-issued-3142421#:~:text=Tokyo%3A%20An%20earthquake%20with%20a,immediate%20signs%20of%20major%20damage.">magnitude 7.1</a> that struck the southwestern island of Kyushu the same day.</p><p>"I have decided to stay in the country for the next week or so to ensure our preparations and communications are in order," Kishida told a press conference, although the warning did not give a timeframe or call for evacuations.</p>.Japan's 450°C solution to tackle the rising challenges of plastic waste.<p>"But it is the first time it is issued and I believe people would be feeling anxious about it," he added.</p><p>"Consequently, I have decided to cancel my planned visit to Central Asia and Mongolia."</p><p>The government may seek to hold the meetings with regional leaders online instead, public broadcaster <em>NHK</em> said. The visit to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia was originally set to run from Friday to Monday.</p><p>The meteorological agency's advisory warns of a higher probability of a huge earthquake in the Nankai trough, an ocean-floor trench running along Japan's Pacific coast, where previous quakes have triggered enormous tsunamis.</p><p>It did not indicate a quake would definitely happen, but encouraged people to be ready to evacuate if necessary.</p><p>Japan estimates at 70 per cent to 80 per cent the probability of an earthquake of magnitude 8 or 9 happening around the trough in the next 30 years, according to the infrastructure ministry.</p>
<p>Tokyo: Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida cancelled plans to visit central Asia on Friday, and spearhead precautionary measures instead, following an unprecedented warning that the risk of a major Pacific coast earthquake was higher than usual.</p><p>The Japan Meteorological Agency issued on Thursday its first-ever warning of the risk of a huge earthquake on the country's Pacific coast, following one of <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/world/magnitude-71-earthquake-strikes-japan-tsunami-warnings-issued-3142421#:~:text=Tokyo%3A%20An%20earthquake%20with%20a,immediate%20signs%20of%20major%20damage.">magnitude 7.1</a> that struck the southwestern island of Kyushu the same day.</p><p>"I have decided to stay in the country for the next week or so to ensure our preparations and communications are in order," Kishida told a press conference, although the warning did not give a timeframe or call for evacuations.</p>.Japan's 450°C solution to tackle the rising challenges of plastic waste.<p>"But it is the first time it is issued and I believe people would be feeling anxious about it," he added.</p><p>"Consequently, I have decided to cancel my planned visit to Central Asia and Mongolia."</p><p>The government may seek to hold the meetings with regional leaders online instead, public broadcaster <em>NHK</em> said. The visit to Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Mongolia was originally set to run from Friday to Monday.</p><p>The meteorological agency's advisory warns of a higher probability of a huge earthquake in the Nankai trough, an ocean-floor trench running along Japan's Pacific coast, where previous quakes have triggered enormous tsunamis.</p><p>It did not indicate a quake would definitely happen, but encouraged people to be ready to evacuate if necessary.</p><p>Japan estimates at 70 per cent to 80 per cent the probability of an earthquake of magnitude 8 or 9 happening around the trough in the next 30 years, according to the infrastructure ministry.</p>