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Into Japanese volcano monitoring center no ability to predict disasters time:

[Global Times special correspondent Sun Xiuping] in Japan, "Japan will be destroyed within a century volcanic eruption!" After the famous attractions in central Japan sudden eruption of Mount Ontake the end of September, Japan's Kobe University scientists predict, a devouring 120 million lives will be volcanic eruptions Japan falls within this century. Japanese volcano occurred over the possibility of a major outbreak of how high? Japanese volcano how disaster response mechanism? With these questions, "Global Times" reporter recently visited the Japan Meteorological Agency is responsible for monitoring volcanic hazards.

Japan Meteorological Agency office in Tokyo Chiyoda district. Japan Meteorological Agency seismic volcanic Ministry is responsible for volcanic disaster monitoring department, two-story office building located in the hall. Reception Reporter experts is that the Ministry of volcanic activity Comment official Tomoyuki Sugano.

According to reports Tomoyuki Sugano, Japanese volcano disaster monitoring tools are cameras, air vibration analyzer, global satellite positioning systems and seismometers were used to capture the volcano Koupen cigarette case, the air vibration frequency, slightly changed the earth's crust and volcanic earthquakes. Four volcanic hazards national monitoring center in Japan has a total of 64 surveillance cameras, 85 air vibration meter, 119 global satellite positioning systems and 150 seismographs.

Japanese volcano warning level is divided into five, from low to high as follows: "normal", "Do not go near the crater," "Prohibition into the mountains," "Preparing for asylum" "Now asylum." Kanno said, including Japanese media touted the upcoming eruption of Mount Fuji, including, within the 110 active volcanoes in Japan, the vast majority are in the "normal" or "Do not go near the crater," the security state, only Sakurajima and Kirishima mountain Mountains in the three "prohibit the Mountain" level.

"Volcanic hazards can only be monitored and can not be predicted." When asked "Can accurately predict volcanic hazards in advance", the Kanno clear that there is no ability to predict the time of occurrence of the scientific community volcanic disasters can do is by doing strict monitoring tools may even be a few seconds for disaster warning time.

Kanno also said the fact that the Japanese volcano disaster monitoring department plagued by a shortage of talent. Due to the limited number of counterparts, vocational treatment is not high, the majority of Japanese students will not choose to attend volcanology professional. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency statistics, researchers in Japan only 40 people nationwide volcano.