According to the Tokyo metropolitan government's new damage estimate for an earthquake directly below the capital, more than half of the 6,000 deaths are due to the collapse of buildings, and how to promote earthquake resistance is an issue.
Under these circumstances, when the metropolitan government investigated apartments built according to the old earthquake resistance standards before 1981, which were considered insufficient in terms of earthquake resistance, it was found that 70% had not undergone earthquake resistance construction. .
This year, the Tokyo metropolitan government revised its damage estimates for an earthquake directly beneath the capital for the first time in 10 years, and found that up to 6,000 people died, more than half of which were caused by the collapse of buildings. It is
Under these circumstances, the metropolitan government investigated the earthquake resistance status of 6,874 condominiums built according to the old earthquake resistance standards before 1981 among the condominiums that had been notified based on the ordinance.
When asked whether or not they had undergone seismic diagnosis, 2,203 buildings, or 32% of the total, answered that they had done so. that it was pointed out.
Of the 1,138 buildings, only 298 had undergone earthquake-resistant construction, and 797, or 70%, had not undergone construction.
Hideaki Ochi, director of the Tokyo Metropolitan Housing Policy Headquarters, said, "There are many apartments that should be made earthquake resistant, but they are not progressing as expected. We would like to develop measures in cooperation with local governments to promote earthquake resistance." .