>The Japanese are hard core about building standards. Note that this has been built on their fair share of blood and tears[1]. Japan gloated in the wakes of t

>The Japanese are hard core about building standards. Note that this has been built on their fair share of blood and tears[1]. Japan gloated in the wakes of the 1989 Loma Prieta[2] and 1994 Northridge[3] earthquakes that such structural destruction[3][4] would be impossible for them, but then they got their gloating ass burned off.[6] Japan has been dead fucking serious about earthquake measures ever since, never taking anything for granted and certainly never ever pretending they are kings of the earthquake world anymore. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989_Loma_Prieta_earthquake [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_earthquake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_earthquake [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cypress_structure.jpeg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cypress_structure.jpeg [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Northridge_earthquake_10_frwy3.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Northridge_earthquake_10_... [6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hanshin_Expressway_Nada_b059.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hanshin_Expressway_Nada_b...