Japan backup capital plan for disasters

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1. 1 Jun 2025Background

   Japan's Diet enacts law creating a backup capital if Tokyo is struck

   Japan's parliament enacted a law letting the government designate a city outside Tokyo to host core state functions after a major disaster.

2. 1 Dec 2025Background

   Japan's government updates damage estimates for a Tokyo quake

   A government panel updated its damage estimates for a Tokyo-area megaquake and a Mount Fuji eruption, stressing the risk to capital functions.

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   30 Oct

   Japan opens the race to host a backup capital in case Tokyo is hit

   Japan has opened applications for a backup capital that could run the government if a quake or a Mount Fuji eruption hits Tokyo. Big cities are fighting for it.