On the night of the 29th, while ballistic missiles were launched from North Korea, it was found that the Tokyo metropolitan area is expected to be able to secure a temporary evacuation site for the population of 14 million in the event of a missile attack. rice field.
North Korea's missile launches, including ballistic missiles on the night of the 29th, have been repeated at an unusually high frequency of 21 times this year.
In order to protect residents from missile attacks, etc., the government is asking prefectures to designate sturdy facilities such as concrete buildings and underground malls as "emergency temporary evacuation facilities" with a standard of 0.825 square meters per person.
As a result of coordinating with wards, towns and villages in Tokyo based on this standard, the metropolitan government decided to designate more than 3,600 public facilities, and is expected to be able to secure temporary evacuation sites for the population of 14 million in the metropolitan area. We learned this through interviews with stakeholders.
Depending on the region, there are issues such as a small number of facilities relative to the population, so in the future, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will proceed with coordination with businesses so that private buildings and underground facilities can be designated as evacuation facilities.