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[Global Network News] According to the latest news from AFP, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Friday (9th) that he had canceled his originally planned trip to Central Asia. The report said that earthquake experts had previously stated that Japan should be prepared for a possible "huge earthquake."

According to reports, Kishida Fumio told reporters that day, "As the prime minister who bears the highest responsibility for crisis management, I have decided to stay in Japan for at least a week."

The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) also reported on the 9th that "Fumio Kishida canceled his trip to Central Asia after the earthquake." The picture is the picture accompanying the NHK report

According to Xinhua News Agency, the Japan Broadcasting Association reported earlier that a 7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in the sea near Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan on the afternoon of the 8th. According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the earthquake occurred at 16:42 local time (15:42 Beijing time), with the epicenter located at 131.7 degrees east longitude and 31.8 degrees north latitude, and the focal depth was 30 kilometers. The earthquake was felt strongly in the southern part of Miyazaki Prefecture. According to Japanese media reports, the earthquake has caused 12 injuries.

According to the Japan Meteorological Agency on August 8, after an earthquake occurred in the sea near Miyazaki Prefecture that day, relevant experts held a meeting to evaluate the "Japan Nankai Trough Huge Earthquake" that is predicted to occur in the future, and believed that the "Japan Nankai Trough Huge Earthquake" is expected to have a "higher probability of a major earthquake than usual" in the epicenter area and surrounding areas. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued the "Japan Nankai Trough Earthquake Temporary Information - Huge Earthquake Warning" at 19:15 local time on the same day. The Japan Meteorological Agency and earthquake-related experts believe that the Japan Nankai Trough from Shizuoka Prefecture to the southern Kyushu waters "has the risk of a huge earthquake in the future" and will continue to pay attention to and evaluate relevant data.

According to media reports, from August 9 to 11, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida originally planned to lead about 50 Japanese business representatives to visit Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, and will attend the Japan-Central Asian Five Countries Summit held in Kazakhstan. Japan's Fuji News Network said that this is the first leaders' summit since Japan and the five Central Asian countries established a dialogue mechanism in 2004. In recent days, Japanese media have disclosed the content of the summit.