Japan’s PM cancels trip after earthquake risk warning

Japan’s prime minister has cancelled plans to visit central Asia and will spearhead precautionary measures instead following an unprecedented warning that the risk of a major Pacific coast earthquake is higher than usual.

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 a powerful one of magnitude 7.1 that struck the southwestern island of Kyushu the same day.

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