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TOKYO — Japan’s disaster-prevention panel said nearly a million people would be unable to find a toilet if a major earthquake were to hit Tokyo on a weekday. The panel studied a simulation of a magnitude-7.3 quake striking at noon on a workday and found it would send 12 million people spilling from their offices.
“Toilet shortage not only makes lives unpleasant, but causes hygiene and health problems,” said the report.
Although officials tend to focus on providing food and water after a disaster, toilet needs should get more attention, said Masaya Takahashi, a Cabinet official in charge of disaster prevention.
