Japan shifted 1800 miles towards south after earthquake

a map adapted from "ancienthistory.about.com"

Because of the severe effects of earthquake, the location of Japan shifted towards south. Now, it is learned that Japan is located near Philippines, the nearest Southeast Asian country to Japan having the distance of about 1800 miles. After the movement due to earthquake, Japan became a Southeast Asian nation, a Burmese weekly journal reported as follows.

If the location of Japan shifted near Singapore, another Southeast Asian nation, Japan might have moved at least 3000 miles from its original place.