Satoshi Ninoyu, minister in charge of disaster management, speaks at a press conference on Dec.... The Central Disaster Management Council predicts that most of the fatalities will be caused by the resulting tsunami, and a maximum of 220, 000 buildings could be destroyed if such a quake occurs along the Japan Trench.... The potential economic fallout for the region and country as a whole could be roughly 31.3 trillion yen($ 275.4 billion)....