Japanese rescue workers who have now been in Taiwan for seven or eight days exclaim: "Why are the walls so thin yet the floors so thick in the buildings here? That increases the likelihood of collapse, and makes it more deadly when it does occur."
連參與救難工作七、八天的日本救難人員也提出：「台灣建築為何牆薄、地板厚，不但支撐不夠，傾倒時殺傷力更大！」