Japan’s space agency to advance earthquake damage estimation programme

Tokyo, Jan 17 (IANS) Japan’s Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has signed an agreement with Kumamoto prefecture to further develop a programme that estimates building damage caused by earthquakes using satellite imagery, local media reported Friday. Under the partnership, JAXA will utilise approximately 200,000 data on building damage from the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake to refine and […]