Hiroshima to demolish 2 A-bombed buildings despite some opposition english.kyodonews.net

A committee of the Hiroshima prefectural government said Dec. 4 that it plans by fiscal 2022 to demolish two out of the three prefecture-owned buildings of the former Hiroshima Army Clothing Depot.
The two buildings, built in 1913 to produce military clothing and shoes, are located about 2.7 kilometers away from the hypocenter of the attack.
They are among the biggest remaining structures left from the atomic bombing of the western Japan city, according to the prefecture.
The buildings, constructed of reinforced concrete with red brick exteriors, have some hinged windows believed to have been deformed in the bomb blast.
A seismic-resistance evaluation in fiscal 2017 concluded that the buildings are highly likely to collapse if an earthquake of upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 hits the area.