Earthquakes and tsunamis have been hitting Japan for thousands of years and it never made anyone move away before guess they just deal with them.Besides most every place in the world could get more or less wiped out but some natural disaster or another some places by more than one type.They are also easily the most well prepared country for such events.I say live where you want and enjoy your life why bother worrying about things you have no control over something is going to kill you sooner or later if you avoid Japan because you fear earthquakes you will just wind up getting hit by a bus or bitten by a tunnel spider or get attacked by a swarm of passively killing killer bees.

Take the Midwest for example few people know that some the strongest earthquakes in the US have occurred there not in California and a quake could occur anytime at least California has some preparation the Midwest has basically none.

One of the strongest quakes ever was in Alaska but most people don't know about that either.That is what I love about mother nature she likes to show us humans who is boss from time to time.

http://www.cusec.org/earthquake-info...smic-zone.html

It's not just the small increase in earthquakes before March, it's that once the big ones hit it appears to be a continuous assault afterwards with only a slight decline in the quantities. :o

Still no excuse to buy used knickers from a vending machine though. :shifty:

I thought the Japanese Schoolgirl panties vending machine thing was hooey
but then I had this guy that had been stationed at Yakota AB which is near Tokyo
run to his room and show us some pictures of one such vending machine he was so shocked by it that he took some pictures
to show people when they did not believe such things where real.
I bet some Japanese schoolgirls have gone though college selling panties.