No one died and no buildings cracked. Said Prime Minister Nakasone proudly, "Japan has passed the earthquake test." Japanese makers are said to test building materials for their resistance to quake-like stress. Taipei, like Mexico City, is built on what was once a lakebed.
去年十月四日晚上，有一規模六點二級的地震襲擊日本，涵蓋的地區有三千萬以上的人口，結果竟沒有任何死亡，也沒有建築物出現裂紋，連日本首相中曾根康弘都驕傲地說：「日本通過了地震的考驗。」