Japanese Makers Rushing to Mitigate Possible Nankai Trough Quake Damage

Japanese Makers Rushing to Mitigate Possible Nankai Trough Quake Damage

   Tokyo, April 2 (Jiji Press)--Japanese manufacturers are accelerating efforts to mitigate the economic impact of a massive earthquake forecast to occur in the Nankai Trough off the Pacific coast of central to southwestern Japan.
   The Japanese government said that the earthquake could cause damage of up to 45.4 trillion yen to domestic production and services, nearly half of which will come from the automobile and other manufacturing industries.

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