Japan's Special Earthquake Alert - How This May Affect Your Travel.
On August 8, there was a special alert from Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) that the possibility of Nankai Trough earthquake is getting relatiely high. I'll explain what I know at this point, and what it means for travelers.
*NHK World : https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/
*NHK multilingual link: https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/mu...
*Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) multilingual link: https://www.jma.go.jp/jma/kokusai/mul...
*Nerv Disaster Prevention X account: https://x.com/EN_NERV (App is better. https://nerv.app/en/ )
*Official JR East Shinkansen Status: https://traininfo.jreast.co.jp/train_...
*Official JR West Train Status: https://global.trafficinfo.westjr.co....
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Chapters:
0:00 Alert related to Nankai Trough
1:18 No need to cancel travel?
1:40 What happened on August 8
2:36 What is this Special Alert announced by JMA
4:40 Why JMA issued this
5:16 What should we do
6:04 How it affects your travel in Japan
7:46 Beaches closed
8:35 What if … it happens