Hey guys, welcome to my last blog about Japan. This week I will be sharing with you Japans Greatest Natural hazard volcanic eruptions

Volcanic eruptions are a large threat to Japan because they made the islands and there is some with activity at all times. In addition to them being the very thing the islands are made of, according to volcanodiscovery.com Japan has a tenth of the worlds volcanos. The reason for this is that the country is on four plat boundaries in an area known as the ring of fire.

                Since every one of the islands have multiple active volcanos there needs to be a rapid evacuation plan for all who live near the more active and violent volcanos, as well as training for the country as a whole in the event an unpredicted eruption such as Mount Saint Helens in the U.S. should occur. I would put in place an extensive monitoring system in place for Mount Fuji because of its signs of activity during some earth quakes and its close proximity to Tokyo, Japans largest city.  Tokyo needs an evacuation plan and constant preparation to prevent a Pompeii like disaster should Fuji ever awaken. Some of these preparation should include ash sheltered that can be accesses from anywhere in the city and an extensive instant warning system that could include flash notification to mobile devices, informing them of evocation routs, the nearest ash shelter or simply a warning of potential activity. There should be a reverse 911 like system in place to call all lines with sudden evacuation notices, sirens to sound in public areas and of course the standard news and radio warnings.
                For housing developments in Japan central Japan is the best place to build because areas like Osaka, Hyogo, Okayama, Shiga have no volcanic activity or dormant volcanos in the area. There is little threat for an sorts of volcanic activity to threated homes, lives or business. Osaka is also a very active and large port city that offers commerce in addition to being a lava free zone.