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Tokyo (AP)- Mount Fuji has not filled since 1707.
Videos released this week are for potential disasters to prepare 37 million inhabitants in the Greater Tokyo metropolitan area.
The video of the Tokyo Metropolitan government warns of an explosion, “any moment, without warning, can portray the ash of the volcano, which causes about 100 kilometers (60 mi), within hours, within hours, cripp transportation, disrupts food and power and cause long -term respiration problems.
The video ends with the message: “We need to share ourselves with facts and prepare for disaster in our daily life.” It reflects a family’s pantry with canned food and a first aid kit.
The Tokyo government said in a statement that there are no signs of Fuji’s explosion at present. “Simulation residents are designed to equip with accurate knowledge and measures of preparations that they can in terms of emergency,” explained.
But the video has created anxiety and confusion among some residents.
“Are there really any signs of explosion?” Shinichiro Karia, an employee of the 57 -year -old hospital, said. “Now why are we listening to things like Ash ’10 centimeters Ash, even we can fall in Tokyo? I wondering why this is happening suddenly.”
Hiromi Oki, who lives in Mishima City, who has major views of Fuji, said he planned to buy an emergency supply the next day. “The power of nature is so great that perhaps it is better if it scares us a little,” he said.
Representatives of the Tokyo Metropolitan government and Japan’s Cabinet Office Prevention Division said that they did not receive a complaint from Tokyo residents about the video.
The University of Tokyo, Professor and Risk communication expert Naoya Sekiya said that the government has prepared scenarios for volcanic eruption and earthquakes over the years, but also said that it does not mean that Fuji is about to burst.
“There is no special significance for the time,” Servia said.
Japan is highly unsafe for natural disasters due to its climate and topography and is known for its careful disaster plan that spreads earthquakes, typhoon, floods, mudslides and volcanic eruptions.
The Japanese meteorological agency released its first “Megakak Advisory” last August, as after a powerful earthquake over the southeast coast of Kyushu’s southern main island.
About 1,500 active volcanoes in the world are in 111 Japan, located on the Pacific “Ring of Fire”.
Fuji, the highest peak of Japan, exploded at almost every 30 years, but has been inactive since the 18th century.
Video journalist Ayaka McGil contributed to this report.
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