Most trains operated Friday morning but with major delays and entry restrictions to avoid overcrowding.
There was a long waiting line outside of Shinjuku station in Tokyo, and hundreds of morning commuters were overflowing from the Kawaguchi station. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said Friday that 32 people were injured, three of them seriously, from the quake.
Police in Chiba prefecture, where 11 people were injured, said two women in separate locations sprained their ankles when they were thrown to the floor during the quake. A commuter train partially derailed in eastern Tokyo when it made an emergency stop, causing three passengers to fall and get slightly injured, according to the disaster management agency.
Outside of Tokyo's Shinagawa station, where local trains were temporarily halted because of power outages, there was a long line of people trying to get taxis home. There was no danger of a tsunami. It caused buildings to sway and hanging objects such as signs to swing violently.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said there were no abnormalities at nuclear power facilities in the area. Most trains operated Friday morning but with major delays and entry restrictions to avoid overcrowding. There was a long waiting line outside of Shinjuku station in Tokyo, and hundreds of morning commuters were overflowing from the Kawaguchi station. The Fire and Disaster Management Agency said 32 people were injured, three of them seriously, from the quake.
Police in Chiba prefecture, where 11 people were injured, said two women in separate locations sprained their ankles when they were thrown to the floor during the quake. A commuter train partially derailed in eastern Tokyo when it made an emergency stop, causing three passengers to fall and get slightly injured, according to the disaster management agency. A: Of course, individual apartment owners can only insure their own areas and not the entire building, even those considered to be common areas.
A: Generally, building structure is divided into two ranks — wooden or non-wooden. Other things would factor in in determining discounts. The premium is much higher for wooden-construction buildings. You can choose only one discount. A: Insurance premiums varies from prefecture to prefecture, with the highest being in Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Shizuoka.
A: In some prefectures, premiums will go up an average of 5. A: This was revised in , and now a maximum of 50,yen for income tax national tax , and a maximum of 25,yen for inhabitants local can be deducted from gross income. A: This really depends on your situation and what your own consideration of the risks in case of an earthquake. However, it is important to be informed of concrete details of what your insurance company has to offer before making a decision.
A: There are some bilingual insurance agents offering fire insurance who can assist you in making an estimate and also provide English support in the event of an incident or accident. To learn more about other types of insurance and see a listing of bilingual agents, check out our home insurance overview.
Again, since Japan earthquake insurance coverage is considered an optional rider to fire insurance, it cannot be purchased by itself, and you can only buy it while your fire insurance contract is still valid. Also, for those living in individual apartments, it is important to take note that since you only insure your own property, some buildings actually do not have fire or earthquake insurance.
Directly connected to Shinagawa Seaside Station Square by a pedestrian deck. It stands close to the shopping mall of Aeon Shinagawa Seaside, providing convenience for shopping, eating and drinking. It is a story tower apartment with quake-absorbing structure. Private broadcaster TBS reported incidents of water pipes bursting in Tokyo. Tokyo Electric Power Corporation reported cases of blackouts in the city. Several train and subway lines in Tokyo and Chiba which initially halted their trains had since restarted their operations, NHK said.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. On March 11, , the northeast coast was struck by a magnitude 9 earthquake, the strongest in Japan on record, and a massive tsunami.
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