The Rules at the Time of a DisasterWe always live with the threat of a natural disaster. In case of emergency, your quick action will protect the lives ofyou and your family, and minimize damage. Please remember the following rules at the time of a disaster.

Nature of the Plans

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Japan s ﬁrst thorough region-wide disaster prevention/mitigation plans

What is receiving aids ?

The plans that set out the principles of the receiving aids
The plans that set out a scenario of the whole process of disaster response
The plans to depict the overview of the disaster response carried out byrelated organizations
The plans that strengthen links and promote cooperation with various entities
The plans that incorporate lessons learned from two great earthquakes(Hanshin-Awaji, East Japan)

This is a concept of how toeﬀectively receive aid from thethird parties and use them tosupport the victims. As a lesson
from the Great East Japan
Earthquake, the importance ofprior planning by municipal
governments on how to receive
and use aid from volunteers andother third parties is emphasized.

The Positioning of the Plans
Disaster Management
Central Plan (national)(Article 34 of the Disaster
Countermeasure Basic Act)

(Articles 284 and 291(7) of the Local
Autonomy Law)

Municipalities: Local Disaster
Management Plans■Promote conclusionsof cooperative treatiesthat enable quick
disaster response

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Plans in Kansai General Policies

Coordinating

Coordinating

Preparation for the disaster○Measures in Each Field○Measures against the Nankai
・Trough Earthquake, Kinki
Region Inland Earthquake
・Measures against Nuclear Disaster・Measures against Infectious Diseases
・Measures against Storms and Flood■Comprehensively promote theestablishment of systems, training,education, and building of
infrastructure

Disaster response
Operation maps

Coordinating the related organizations
and indicating the roles of the UKG

Initial phase.

(Approx. 3 days fromthe occurrence ofthe disaster)！ Highlights of the Plans• These are continuously developing plans that are regularly
reviewed and new lessons are incorporated.
• We check and assess the progression of Preparation for
Disasters, and modify the plans if necessary.
• In Disaster Response, we set out the operation maps that
depict the entire activities of related organizations on eachphase of disaster response to clearly indicate the roles of the
UKG,
prefectures,municipalities,
and
other
relatedorganizations.

Emergency
Response Phase(Evacuation Center Phase)

Recovery/Reconstruction Phase(Temporary Housing
Phase ‒ mid-term period)

Collecting information, dispatch of
emergency support team, establishmentof the disaster response (support)
headquarters, establishment of the local
support centers

Supporting victims, coordinating thereceipt of the relief supplies, thedispatch of support personnel,
coordinating the support personnel,
coordinating the refuges in large areas.

○The Types of Support(1) The dispatch of personnel, (2) The supply of daily
necessities, (3) The acceptance of evacuees, sick or
injured people.
○Coordination of the provisions and receipt of support• The UKG allocates the types of support and its
recipients in each support providing municipality.
• If the disaster affects more than one prefecture, thesupport of each prefecture is assigned to one
supportproviding
prefecture/municipality.
This
support system is called Counterpart System.

Stay calm and make sure you are safe. 【Evacuation information】

2.

Open a door or a window to secure
your way out of the building.

3.

Evacuate on foot. Do not bringanything unnecessary.

4.

Stay away from narrow alleys, walls,
cliﬀs, or river banks.

5.

Cooperate with other people toﬁrst-aid the injured or rescue those
who are trapped.

Supporting the building of temporary
housing, supporting the reconstructionof the aﬀected municipalities

Evacuation centers/victims

Disaster
response
headquarters
in the affectedmunicipalities

Local support
center in theaffected
municipalities

Disaster
response
headquartersof the affected
prefectures

Local contact
centers of
support-providing
prefectures andordinance
designated cities

The UKG

In the office of the affectedmunicipalities or other location

The local support
headquarters of
the support-providing
prefecture andordinancedesignatedcitiesIn the office ofaffected
prefecture* The shaded box indicate victims and organizations in theaffected area.
* Bold lines indicate the connection of the UKG, UKG
members, and UKG supporters.

Types
Evacuation
Preparation
Information

Description
You need to prepare for the evacuation

Evacuation
Warning

This is issued when the land or building may be damaged
in the area. This warning urges the residents to evacuate.

Evacuation
Order

When this is issued, the situation is more imminent thanwhen the Evacuation Warning is issued. This order orders
the residents to evacuate immediately.

【Earthquake Early Warning】

The Rules When Evacuatingfrom a Tsunami□If you feel a strong tremor or when
there is a tsunami warning, atsunami advisory, or a large-scaletsunami warning has been issued,
immediately stay away from theseashore and evacuate to the safest
place on the coast. If you are in low
land, evacuate to higher ground.
□When a tsunami repeatedly comes,
remain alert until the tsunami
advisory or warning has been lifted.
□Comply with the Evacuation Warning
or Evacuation Order and evacuate
to the emergency evacuation center.

When a disaster happens, workplaces
must tell their employees not to takeunnecessary action, in order to prevent
secondary accidents.

Homecoming Support Station
on Disastrous Occasion

The outline ﬂow of the system of providing andreceiving support
In affected prefectures！

When a disaster occurs, the mayor of your municipality may issue an
Evacuation Warning or Evacuation Order .
The evacuation is urgent and forcible in the ascending order of
Evacuation Preparation Information,
Evacuation Warning, andEvacuation Order.

This warning is issued as soon as possible after an earthquake happens.
The expected time when the strong tremor reaches diﬀerent locations, andthe strength of the seismic tremors, are instructed. It is issued by theMeteorological Agency a few seconds, or less than 20 minutes, after the ﬁrst
strong tremor. After you receive the warning you must stop factorymachines, speed down trains, or take actions to protect yourselves.

Th e E ffo rts fo r
D i s a s te r P re v e n ti o n
a n d M i ti g a ti o n
in Kansai
Tottori Prefecture！ How to Obtain Information at the Time of a Disaster

Hyogo
Prefecture

Useful information is issued via various media at the time of adisaster. You need to pay attention to more than one method to
obtain such information.
◇Mass media news: TV, radio◇Public announcement by the municipality: wirelessactivateddisaster warning system, websites, cable TV, and publicannouncement vehicles◇ Area Mail, an emergency warning via the mobile phone email system

Kyoto
Prefecture

Osaka
Kobe
City
City
Sakai
City
Osaka
Prefecture

Rules When It Is Diﬃcult For You to Return Home

Kansai Outline for Disaster-Relief Work
This guideline is a manual of disaster response
carried out and led by the UKG at the time of an
emergency.
The guideline set out the systems of procedures ofproviding and receiving aid in each field of disaster
response, such as the supply of daily necessities,
dispatch of personnel, evacuation, and building of
temporary housing, thus facilitating a smoothdisaster response in cooperation with the UKG
membergovernments
and
other
relatedorganizations.

Information Necessary in Emergency

1.

Assumed disaster

The Union of Kansai
Governments Rules The Unionof Kansai Governments Rules
Region-wide Plans

Prefectures: Local Disaster
Management Plans

5 Rules in Case of an Earthquake.

The UKG s
actual supportprovidingorganization

National
outpostagencies

National
government
agencies

Companies
andorganizations

Volunteers

Disaster response
headquarters of
support-providing
prefectures andordinance designatedcitiesSupportproviding
municipalities

The UKG
Disaster
response(support)
headquarters

Governors
Association of
the bloc with which
the cooperative
treaty wascompleted

The UKG promotes the project of the
Homecoming Support Station on
Disastrous Occasion in cooperation
with convenience
stores and foodservice providers.
This
stationprovides services(tap water, toilet,
road information)
to people whowalk home at the You can identify a station
time of a disaster.
by the above sticker

The Basic Rule at the Time of a Disaster:Do Not Move Unnecessarily◇Do not move unnecessarily.
If many people begin to walk to return home at the same time, you may
be caught up in the crowd. Many people may fall in the crowd. You may
also be killed or injured by ﬁre or objects falling from buildings.
You may also hinder emergency activities such as ﬁrst aid, rescue, anddelivering urgent supplies. Please keep calm and return home if there
are no large crowds.
◇Prepare items you need to walk home, find a method tocommunicate with your family, and confirm the route you intend
to take to return home.
You should prepare drinking water, emergency food, maps, a torch,and sports shoes at your workplace in case you need to walk home.
◇Learn how to use more than one method to confirm the safety ofyour family: emergency messaging service, mobilephoneemergency messaging service, Web171, etc.
◇Companies must prepare a disaster manual◇Conduct a drill to check/confirm all of the above

We use these guidelines in various disaster prevention
drills, check the results, and improve if necessary.

http://www.kouiki-kansai.jp/kouikibousai/

Shiga
Prefecture

Union of Kansai Governments

SearchHyogo Prefecture, Civil Policy Planning & Administration Department,
Disaster Management & Planning Bureau,
Disaster Management Project Planning Division
5-10-1 Shimoyamate St., Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-8567
TEL +81-78-362-9815 FAX +81-78-362-9839
E-mail: bousai@kouiki-kansai.jp

The Union of Kansai Governments (UKG) was established in
December 2010 as Japan s ﬁrst region-wide union ofprefectural governments. We aim to deal with the challenges
that spread beyond prefectural borders, thus establishingfoundations of the decentralization of authority.

The Purpose of the Establishment of the UKG● To realize a decentralized system.
● To be a responsible political entity over the entire Kansai region.
● To establish a system to accept secretarial works of regional
branches of the central government agency in the future.

◆We address challenges in the following seven ﬁelds(Bureau).

The Structure of the UKG
The Member Governments Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka
Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture (joined in December 2015),
Wakayama Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Kyoto City,
Osaka City, Sakai City, Kobe City(8 Prefectures and 4 ordinance-designatedcities) *Fukui and Mie Prefectures are UKG Partners.

●Region-wide disaster prevention (Hyogo Prefecture.)●Region-wide industrial promotion (Osaka Prefecture).
●Region-wide environmental conservation (Shiga Prefecture).
●Region-wide staﬀ training (Wakayama Prefecture).
●Region-wide tourism, culture and sport promotion (Kyoto Prefecture).
●Region-wide medical services (Tokushima Prefecture)●Certiﬁcation exams, licensing, etc. (UKG Assembly Bureau)

The Merits of Region-wide Disaster Prevention Eﬀorts
1.
2.
3.

With the UKG as a leader/coordinator of the entire region, it is possible for the UKG to make quicker decisions and provide
faster disaster response for the Kansai region.

4.

It will become easier to conduct region-wide disaster prevention/mitigation projects with other member governments beyond
prefectural borders.

With excellent know-how shared by member governments, it is possible for the UKG to oﬀer a higher quality disaster response.
It will become easier to cooperate with the private sector and national agencies based in the Kansai region and also be possible
for the UKG to provide disaster response more smoothly.

The Roles of the Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce (Ⅰ-Ⅳ)
Ⅰ The drawing up and conducting of the disaster prevention plans, etc.

Nara
Prefecture

Wakayama
Prefecture！ To safely return home at the time of a disaster

Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce

Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Portal Website.

Tokushima
Prefecture

Kyoto
City

What is the Union of Kansai Governments?

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Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce,
the Union of Kansai Governments.
Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Portal Website.

http://www.kouiki-kansai.jp/kouikibousai/

The outline of disasterprevention and mitigationplans in Kansai.

As a preparation for the large-scale natural disasters across theregion such as the Nankai Trough Earthquake, that are forecast to
occur in the near future, as well as wind, storms and ﬂoods caused bylarge typhoons, this plan systematically sets out the UKG s policies on
the disaster prevention and mitigation measures, as well as emergent
responses carried out in cooperation with the UKG member entities
and UKG partners.

■The status of the development of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Plans in Kansai in each ﬁeld (completed in 4 ﬁelds as of June 2014).
Descriptions

Date

General Policies, Measures against
the Nankai Trough Earthquake and Tsunamis

March 3, 2012

Nankai TroughEarthquake

June 28, 2014

Floods and overﬂow of Yodo River and other majorrivers High tides in the Osaka Bay area caused by anapproaching powerful typhoon Large-scale landslides
caused by a record rainfall

Measures against Storms and Flood

March 3, 2012
Measures against a Nuclear Disaster

Updated:June 29, 2013

Measures against Infectious Diseases

June 28, 2014

Assumed disaster
Earthquake,

Kinki

RegionInlandAccident/disaster at nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture(Takahama, Oi, Mihama, and Tsuruga), Fast-Breeder
Reactor Research and Development Center (Monju),
and FUGEN Decommissioning Engineer Center

Novel inﬂuenza, etc.

Infectious diseases including novel inﬂuenza (novel
inﬂuenza, re-emerging inﬂuenza), ERIDCC

Avian inﬂuenza, foot-and-mouth diseases

Avian inﬂuenza, foot-and-mouth diseases

The Rules at the Time of a DisasterWe always live with the threat of a natural disaster. In case of emergency, your quick action will protect the lives ofyou and your family, and minimize damage. Please remember the following rules at the time of a disaster.

Nature of the Plans

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Japan s ﬁrst thorough region-wide disaster prevention/mitigation plans

What is receiving aids ?

The plans that set out the principles of the receiving aids
The plans that set out a scenario of the whole process of disaster response
The plans to depict the overview of the disaster response carried out byrelated organizations
The plans that strengthen links and promote cooperation with various entities
The plans that incorporate lessons learned from two great earthquakes(Hanshin-Awaji, East Japan)

This is a concept of how toeﬀectively receive aid from thethird parties and use them tosupport the victims. As a lesson
from the Great East Japan
Earthquake, the importance ofprior planning by municipal
governments on how to receive
and use aid from volunteers andother third parties is emphasized.

The Positioning of the Plans
Disaster Management
Central Plan (national)(Article 34 of the Disaster
Countermeasure Basic Act)

(Articles 284 and 291(7) of the Local
Autonomy Law)

Municipalities: Local Disaster
Management Plans■Promote conclusionsof cooperative treatiesthat enable quick
disaster response

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Plans in Kansai General Policies

Coordinating

Coordinating

Preparation for the disaster○Measures in Each Field○Measures against the Nankai
・Trough Earthquake, Kinki
Region Inland Earthquake
・Measures against Nuclear Disaster・Measures against Infectious Diseases
・Measures against Storms and Flood■Comprehensively promote theestablishment of systems, training,education, and building of
infrastructure

Disaster response
Operation maps

Coordinating the related organizations
and indicating the roles of the UKG

Initial phase.

(Approx. 3 days fromthe occurrence ofthe disaster)！ Highlights of the Plans• These are continuously developing plans that are regularly
reviewed and new lessons are incorporated.
• We check and assess the progression of Preparation for
Disasters, and modify the plans if necessary.
• In Disaster Response, we set out the operation maps that
depict the entire activities of related organizations on eachphase of disaster response to clearly indicate the roles of the
UKG,
prefectures,municipalities,
and
other
relatedorganizations.

Emergency
Response Phase(Evacuation Center Phase)

Recovery/Reconstruction Phase(Temporary Housing
Phase ‒ mid-term period)

Collecting information, dispatch of
emergency support team, establishmentof the disaster response (support)
headquarters, establishment of the local
support centers

Supporting victims, coordinating thereceipt of the relief supplies, thedispatch of support personnel,
coordinating the support personnel,
coordinating the refuges in large areas.

○The Types of Support(1) The dispatch of personnel, (2) The supply of daily
necessities, (3) The acceptance of evacuees, sick or
injured people.
○Coordination of the provisions and receipt of support• The UKG allocates the types of support and its
recipients in each support providing municipality.
• If the disaster affects more than one prefecture, thesupport of each prefecture is assigned to one
supportproviding
prefecture/municipality.
This
support system is called Counterpart System.

Stay calm and make sure you are safe. 【Evacuation information】

2.

Open a door or a window to secure
your way out of the building.

3.

Evacuate on foot. Do not bringanything unnecessary.

4.

Stay away from narrow alleys, walls,
cliﬀs, or river banks.

5.

Cooperate with other people toﬁrst-aid the injured or rescue those
who are trapped.

Supporting the building of temporary
housing, supporting the reconstructionof the aﬀected municipalities

Evacuation centers/victims

Disaster
response
headquarters
in the affectedmunicipalities

Local support
center in theaffected
municipalities

Disaster
response
headquartersof the affected
prefectures

Local contact
centers of
support-providing
prefectures andordinance
designated cities

The UKG

In the office of the affectedmunicipalities or other location

The local support
headquarters of
the support-providing
prefecture andordinancedesignatedcitiesIn the office ofaffected
prefecture* The shaded box indicate victims and organizations in theaffected area.
* Bold lines indicate the connection of the UKG, UKG
members, and UKG supporters.

Types
Evacuation
Preparation
Information

Description
You need to prepare for the evacuation

Evacuation
Warning

This is issued when the land or building may be damaged
in the area. This warning urges the residents to evacuate.

Evacuation
Order

When this is issued, the situation is more imminent thanwhen the Evacuation Warning is issued. This order orders
the residents to evacuate immediately.

【Earthquake Early Warning】

The Rules When Evacuatingfrom a Tsunami□If you feel a strong tremor or when
there is a tsunami warning, atsunami advisory, or a large-scaletsunami warning has been issued,
immediately stay away from theseashore and evacuate to the safest
place on the coast. If you are in low
land, evacuate to higher ground.
□When a tsunami repeatedly comes,
remain alert until the tsunami
advisory or warning has been lifted.
□Comply with the Evacuation Warning
or Evacuation Order and evacuate
to the emergency evacuation center.

When a disaster happens, workplaces
must tell their employees not to takeunnecessary action, in order to prevent
secondary accidents.

Homecoming Support Station
on Disastrous Occasion

The outline ﬂow of the system of providing andreceiving support
In affected prefectures！

When a disaster occurs, the mayor of your municipality may issue an
Evacuation Warning or Evacuation Order .
The evacuation is urgent and forcible in the ascending order of
Evacuation Preparation Information,
Evacuation Warning, andEvacuation Order.

This warning is issued as soon as possible after an earthquake happens.
The expected time when the strong tremor reaches diﬀerent locations, andthe strength of the seismic tremors, are instructed. It is issued by theMeteorological Agency a few seconds, or less than 20 minutes, after the ﬁrst
strong tremor. After you receive the warning you must stop factorymachines, speed down trains, or take actions to protect yourselves.

Th e E ffo rts fo r
D i s a s te r P re v e n ti o n
a n d M i ti g a ti o n
in Kansai
Tottori Prefecture！ How to Obtain Information at the Time of a Disaster

Hyogo
Prefecture

Useful information is issued via various media at the time of adisaster. You need to pay attention to more than one method to
obtain such information.
◇Mass media news: TV, radio◇Public announcement by the municipality: wirelessactivateddisaster warning system, websites, cable TV, and publicannouncement vehicles◇ Area Mail, an emergency warning via the mobile phone email system

Kyoto
Prefecture

Osaka
Kobe
City
City
Sakai
City
Osaka
Prefecture

Rules When It Is Diﬃcult For You to Return Home

Kansai Outline for Disaster-Relief Work
This guideline is a manual of disaster response
carried out and led by the UKG at the time of an
emergency.
The guideline set out the systems of procedures ofproviding and receiving aid in each field of disaster
response, such as the supply of daily necessities,
dispatch of personnel, evacuation, and building of
temporary housing, thus facilitating a smoothdisaster response in cooperation with the UKG
membergovernments
and
other
relatedorganizations.

Information Necessary in Emergency

1.

Assumed disaster

The Union of Kansai
Governments Rules The Unionof Kansai Governments Rules
Region-wide Plans

Prefectures: Local Disaster
Management Plans

5 Rules in Case of an Earthquake.

The UKG s
actual supportprovidingorganization

National
outpostagencies

National
government
agencies

Companies
andorganizations

Volunteers

Disaster response
headquarters of
support-providing
prefectures andordinance designatedcitiesSupportproviding
municipalities

The UKG
Disaster
response(support)
headquarters

Governors
Association of
the bloc with which
the cooperative
treaty wascompleted

The UKG promotes the project of the
Homecoming Support Station on
Disastrous Occasion in cooperation
with convenience
stores and foodservice providers.
This
stationprovides services(tap water, toilet,
road information)
to people whowalk home at the You can identify a station
time of a disaster.
by the above sticker

The Basic Rule at the Time of a Disaster:Do Not Move Unnecessarily◇Do not move unnecessarily.
If many people begin to walk to return home at the same time, you may
be caught up in the crowd. Many people may fall in the crowd. You may
also be killed or injured by ﬁre or objects falling from buildings.
You may also hinder emergency activities such as ﬁrst aid, rescue, anddelivering urgent supplies. Please keep calm and return home if there
are no large crowds.
◇Prepare items you need to walk home, find a method tocommunicate with your family, and confirm the route you intend
to take to return home.
You should prepare drinking water, emergency food, maps, a torch,and sports shoes at your workplace in case you need to walk home.
◇Learn how to use more than one method to confirm the safety ofyour family: emergency messaging service, mobilephoneemergency messaging service, Web171, etc.
◇Companies must prepare a disaster manual◇Conduct a drill to check/confirm all of the above

We use these guidelines in various disaster prevention
drills, check the results, and improve if necessary.

http://www.kouiki-kansai.jp/kouikibousai/

Shiga
Prefecture

Union of Kansai Governments

SearchHyogo Prefecture, Civil Policy Planning & Administration Department,
Disaster Management & Planning Bureau,
Disaster Management Project Planning Division
5-10-1 Shimoyamate St., Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-8567
TEL +81-78-362-9815 FAX +81-78-362-9839
E-mail: bousai@kouiki-kansai.jp

The Union of Kansai Governments (UKG) was established in
December 2010 as Japan s ﬁrst region-wide union ofprefectural governments. We aim to deal with the challenges
that spread beyond prefectural borders, thus establishingfoundations of the decentralization of authority.

The Purpose of the Establishment of the UKG● To realize a decentralized system.
● To be a responsible political entity over the entire Kansai region.
● To establish a system to accept secretarial works of regional
branches of the central government agency in the future.

◆We address challenges in the following seven ﬁelds(Bureau).

The Structure of the UKG
The Member Governments Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka
Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture (joined in December 2015),
Wakayama Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Kyoto City,
Osaka City, Sakai City, Kobe City(8 Prefectures and 4 ordinance-designatedcities) *Fukui and Mie Prefectures are UKG Partners.

●Region-wide disaster prevention (Hyogo Prefecture.)●Region-wide industrial promotion (Osaka Prefecture).
●Region-wide environmental conservation (Shiga Prefecture).
●Region-wide staﬀ training (Wakayama Prefecture).
●Region-wide tourism, culture and sport promotion (Kyoto Prefecture).
●Region-wide medical services (Tokushima Prefecture)●Certiﬁcation exams, licensing, etc. (UKG Assembly Bureau)

The Merits of Region-wide Disaster Prevention Eﬀorts
1.
2.
3.

With the UKG as a leader/coordinator of the entire region, it is possible for the UKG to make quicker decisions and provide
faster disaster response for the Kansai region.

4.

It will become easier to conduct region-wide disaster prevention/mitigation projects with other member governments beyond
prefectural borders.

With excellent know-how shared by member governments, it is possible for the UKG to oﬀer a higher quality disaster response.
It will become easier to cooperate with the private sector and national agencies based in the Kansai region and also be possible
for the UKG to provide disaster response more smoothly.

The Roles of the Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce (Ⅰ-Ⅳ)
Ⅰ The drawing up and conducting of the disaster prevention plans, etc.

Nara
Prefecture

Wakayama
Prefecture！ To safely return home at the time of a disaster

Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce

Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Portal Website.

Tokushima
Prefecture

Kyoto
City

What is the Union of Kansai Governments?

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Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce,
the Union of Kansai Governments.
Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Portal Website.

http://www.kouiki-kansai.jp/kouikibousai/

The outline of disasterprevention and mitigationplans in Kansai.

As a preparation for the large-scale natural disasters across theregion such as the Nankai Trough Earthquake, that are forecast to
occur in the near future, as well as wind, storms and ﬂoods caused bylarge typhoons, this plan systematically sets out the UKG s policies on
the disaster prevention and mitigation measures, as well as emergent
responses carried out in cooperation with the UKG member entities
and UKG partners.

■The status of the development of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Plans in Kansai in each ﬁeld (completed in 4 ﬁelds as of June 2014).
Descriptions

Date

General Policies, Measures against
the Nankai Trough Earthquake and Tsunamis

March 3, 2012

Nankai TroughEarthquake

June 28, 2014

Floods and overﬂow of Yodo River and other majorrivers High tides in the Osaka Bay area caused by anapproaching powerful typhoon Large-scale landslides
caused by a record rainfall

Measures against Storms and Flood

March 3, 2012
Measures against a Nuclear Disaster

Updated:June 29, 2013

Measures against Infectious Diseases

June 28, 2014

Assumed disaster
Earthquake,

Kinki

RegionInlandAccident/disaster at nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture(Takahama, Oi, Mihama, and Tsuruga), Fast-Breeder
Reactor Research and Development Center (Monju),
and FUGEN Decommissioning Engineer Center

Novel inﬂuenza, etc.

Infectious diseases including novel inﬂuenza (novel
inﬂuenza, re-emerging inﬂuenza), ERIDCC

Avian inﬂuenza, foot-and-mouth diseases

Avian inﬂuenza, foot-and-mouth diseases

The Rules at the Time of a DisasterWe always live with the threat of a natural disaster. In case of emergency, your quick action will protect the lives ofyou and your family, and minimize damage. Please remember the following rules at the time of a disaster.

Nature of the Plans

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Japan s ﬁrst thorough region-wide disaster prevention/mitigation plans

What is receiving aids ?

The plans that set out the principles of the receiving aids
The plans that set out a scenario of the whole process of disaster response
The plans to depict the overview of the disaster response carried out byrelated organizations
The plans that strengthen links and promote cooperation with various entities
The plans that incorporate lessons learned from two great earthquakes(Hanshin-Awaji, East Japan)

This is a concept of how toeﬀectively receive aid from thethird parties and use them tosupport the victims. As a lesson
from the Great East Japan
Earthquake, the importance ofprior planning by municipal
governments on how to receive
and use aid from volunteers andother third parties is emphasized.

The Positioning of the Plans
Disaster Management
Central Plan (national)(Article 34 of the Disaster
Countermeasure Basic Act)

(Articles 284 and 291(7) of the Local
Autonomy Law)

Municipalities: Local Disaster
Management Plans■Promote conclusionsof cooperative treatiesthat enable quick
disaster response

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Plans in Kansai General Policies

Coordinating

Coordinating

Preparation for the disaster○Measures in Each Field○Measures against the Nankai
・Trough Earthquake, Kinki
Region Inland Earthquake
・Measures against Nuclear Disaster・Measures against Infectious Diseases
・Measures against Storms and Flood■Comprehensively promote theestablishment of systems, training,education, and building of
infrastructure

Disaster response
Operation maps

Coordinating the related organizations
and indicating the roles of the UKG

Initial phase.

(Approx. 3 days fromthe occurrence ofthe disaster)！ Highlights of the Plans• These are continuously developing plans that are regularly
reviewed and new lessons are incorporated.
• We check and assess the progression of Preparation for
Disasters, and modify the plans if necessary.
• In Disaster Response, we set out the operation maps that
depict the entire activities of related organizations on eachphase of disaster response to clearly indicate the roles of the
UKG,
prefectures,municipalities,
and
other
relatedorganizations.

Emergency
Response Phase(Evacuation Center Phase)

Recovery/Reconstruction Phase(Temporary Housing
Phase ‒ mid-term period)

Collecting information, dispatch of
emergency support team, establishmentof the disaster response (support)
headquarters, establishment of the local
support centers

Supporting victims, coordinating thereceipt of the relief supplies, thedispatch of support personnel,
coordinating the support personnel,
coordinating the refuges in large areas.

○The Types of Support(1) The dispatch of personnel, (2) The supply of daily
necessities, (3) The acceptance of evacuees, sick or
injured people.
○Coordination of the provisions and receipt of support• The UKG allocates the types of support and its
recipients in each support providing municipality.
• If the disaster affects more than one prefecture, thesupport of each prefecture is assigned to one
supportproviding
prefecture/municipality.
This
support system is called Counterpart System.

Stay calm and make sure you are safe. 【Evacuation information】

2.

Open a door or a window to secure
your way out of the building.

3.

Evacuate on foot. Do not bringanything unnecessary.

4.

Stay away from narrow alleys, walls,
cliﬀs, or river banks.

5.

Cooperate with other people toﬁrst-aid the injured or rescue those
who are trapped.

Supporting the building of temporary
housing, supporting the reconstructionof the aﬀected municipalities

Evacuation centers/victims

Disaster
response
headquarters
in the affectedmunicipalities

Local support
center in theaffected
municipalities

Disaster
response
headquartersof the affected
prefectures

Local contact
centers of
support-providing
prefectures andordinance
designated cities

The UKG

In the office of the affectedmunicipalities or other location

The local support
headquarters of
the support-providing
prefecture andordinancedesignatedcitiesIn the office ofaffected
prefecture* The shaded box indicate victims and organizations in theaffected area.
* Bold lines indicate the connection of the UKG, UKG
members, and UKG supporters.

Types
Evacuation
Preparation
Information

Description
You need to prepare for the evacuation

Evacuation
Warning

This is issued when the land or building may be damaged
in the area. This warning urges the residents to evacuate.

Evacuation
Order

When this is issued, the situation is more imminent thanwhen the Evacuation Warning is issued. This order orders
the residents to evacuate immediately.

【Earthquake Early Warning】

The Rules When Evacuatingfrom a Tsunami□If you feel a strong tremor or when
there is a tsunami warning, atsunami advisory, or a large-scaletsunami warning has been issued,
immediately stay away from theseashore and evacuate to the safest
place on the coast. If you are in low
land, evacuate to higher ground.
□When a tsunami repeatedly comes,
remain alert until the tsunami
advisory or warning has been lifted.
□Comply with the Evacuation Warning
or Evacuation Order and evacuate
to the emergency evacuation center.

When a disaster happens, workplaces
must tell their employees not to takeunnecessary action, in order to prevent
secondary accidents.

Homecoming Support Station
on Disastrous Occasion

The outline ﬂow of the system of providing andreceiving support
In affected prefectures！

When a disaster occurs, the mayor of your municipality may issue an
Evacuation Warning or Evacuation Order .
The evacuation is urgent and forcible in the ascending order of
Evacuation Preparation Information,
Evacuation Warning, andEvacuation Order.

This warning is issued as soon as possible after an earthquake happens.
The expected time when the strong tremor reaches diﬀerent locations, andthe strength of the seismic tremors, are instructed. It is issued by theMeteorological Agency a few seconds, or less than 20 minutes, after the ﬁrst
strong tremor. After you receive the warning you must stop factorymachines, speed down trains, or take actions to protect yourselves.

Th e E ffo rts fo r
D i s a s te r P re v e n ti o n
a n d M i ti g a ti o n
in Kansai
Tottori Prefecture！ How to Obtain Information at the Time of a Disaster

Hyogo
Prefecture

Useful information is issued via various media at the time of adisaster. You need to pay attention to more than one method to
obtain such information.
◇Mass media news: TV, radio◇Public announcement by the municipality: wirelessactivateddisaster warning system, websites, cable TV, and publicannouncement vehicles◇ Area Mail, an emergency warning via the mobile phone email system

Kyoto
Prefecture

Osaka
Kobe
City
City
Sakai
City
Osaka
Prefecture

Rules When It Is Diﬃcult For You to Return Home

Kansai Outline for Disaster-Relief Work
This guideline is a manual of disaster response
carried out and led by the UKG at the time of an
emergency.
The guideline set out the systems of procedures ofproviding and receiving aid in each field of disaster
response, such as the supply of daily necessities,
dispatch of personnel, evacuation, and building of
temporary housing, thus facilitating a smoothdisaster response in cooperation with the UKG
membergovernments
and
other
relatedorganizations.

Information Necessary in Emergency

1.

Assumed disaster

The Union of Kansai
Governments Rules The Unionof Kansai Governments Rules
Region-wide Plans

Prefectures: Local Disaster
Management Plans

5 Rules in Case of an Earthquake.

The UKG s
actual supportprovidingorganization

National
outpostagencies

National
government
agencies

Companies
andorganizations

Volunteers

Disaster response
headquarters of
support-providing
prefectures andordinance designatedcitiesSupportproviding
municipalities

The UKG
Disaster
response(support)
headquarters

Governors
Association of
the bloc with which
the cooperative
treaty wascompleted

The UKG promotes the project of the
Homecoming Support Station on
Disastrous Occasion in cooperation
with convenience
stores and foodservice providers.
This
stationprovides services(tap water, toilet,
road information)
to people whowalk home at the You can identify a station
time of a disaster.
by the above sticker

The Basic Rule at the Time of a Disaster:Do Not Move Unnecessarily◇Do not move unnecessarily.
If many people begin to walk to return home at the same time, you may
be caught up in the crowd. Many people may fall in the crowd. You may
also be killed or injured by ﬁre or objects falling from buildings.
You may also hinder emergency activities such as ﬁrst aid, rescue, anddelivering urgent supplies. Please keep calm and return home if there
are no large crowds.
◇Prepare items you need to walk home, find a method tocommunicate with your family, and confirm the route you intend
to take to return home.
You should prepare drinking water, emergency food, maps, a torch,and sports shoes at your workplace in case you need to walk home.
◇Learn how to use more than one method to confirm the safety ofyour family: emergency messaging service, mobilephoneemergency messaging service, Web171, etc.
◇Companies must prepare a disaster manual◇Conduct a drill to check/confirm all of the above

We use these guidelines in various disaster prevention
drills, check the results, and improve if necessary.

http://www.kouiki-kansai.jp/kouikibousai/

Shiga
Prefecture

Union of Kansai Governments

SearchHyogo Prefecture, Civil Policy Planning & Administration Department,
Disaster Management & Planning Bureau,
Disaster Management Project Planning Division
5-10-1 Shimoyamate St., Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-8567
TEL +81-78-362-9815 FAX +81-78-362-9839
E-mail: bousai@kouiki-kansai.jp

The Union of Kansai Governments (UKG) was established in
December 2010 as Japan s ﬁrst region-wide union ofprefectural governments. We aim to deal with the challenges
that spread beyond prefectural borders, thus establishingfoundations of the decentralization of authority.

The Purpose of the Establishment of the UKG● To realize a decentralized system.
● To be a responsible political entity over the entire Kansai region.
● To establish a system to accept secretarial works of regional
branches of the central government agency in the future.

◆We address challenges in the following seven ﬁelds(Bureau).

The Structure of the UKG
The Member Governments Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka
Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture (joined in December 2015),
Wakayama Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Kyoto City,
Osaka City, Sakai City, Kobe City(8 Prefectures and 4 ordinance-designatedcities) *Fukui and Mie Prefectures are UKG Partners.

●Region-wide disaster prevention (Hyogo Prefecture.)●Region-wide industrial promotion (Osaka Prefecture).
●Region-wide environmental conservation (Shiga Prefecture).
●Region-wide staﬀ training (Wakayama Prefecture).
●Region-wide tourism, culture and sport promotion (Kyoto Prefecture).
●Region-wide medical services (Tokushima Prefecture)●Certiﬁcation exams, licensing, etc. (UKG Assembly Bureau)

The Merits of Region-wide Disaster Prevention Eﬀorts
1.
2.
3.

With the UKG as a leader/coordinator of the entire region, it is possible for the UKG to make quicker decisions and provide
faster disaster response for the Kansai region.

4.

It will become easier to conduct region-wide disaster prevention/mitigation projects with other member governments beyond
prefectural borders.

With excellent know-how shared by member governments, it is possible for the UKG to oﬀer a higher quality disaster response.
It will become easier to cooperate with the private sector and national agencies based in the Kansai region and also be possible
for the UKG to provide disaster response more smoothly.

The Roles of the Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce (Ⅰ-Ⅳ)
Ⅰ The drawing up and conducting of the disaster prevention plans, etc.

Nara
Prefecture

Wakayama
Prefecture！ To safely return home at the time of a disaster

Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce

Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Portal Website.

Tokushima
Prefecture

Kyoto
City

What is the Union of Kansai Governments?

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Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Portal Website.

http://www.kouiki-kansai.jp/kouikibousai/

The outline of disasterprevention and mitigationplans in Kansai.

As a preparation for the large-scale natural disasters across theregion such as the Nankai Trough Earthquake, that are forecast to
occur in the near future, as well as wind, storms and ﬂoods caused bylarge typhoons, this plan systematically sets out the UKG s policies on
the disaster prevention and mitigation measures, as well as emergent
responses carried out in cooperation with the UKG member entities
and UKG partners.

■The status of the development of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Plans in Kansai in each ﬁeld (completed in 4 ﬁelds as of June 2014).
Descriptions

Date

General Policies, Measures against
the Nankai Trough Earthquake and Tsunamis

March 3, 2012

Nankai TroughEarthquake

June 28, 2014

Floods and overﬂow of Yodo River and other majorrivers High tides in the Osaka Bay area caused by anapproaching powerful typhoon Large-scale landslides
caused by a record rainfall

Measures against Storms and Flood

March 3, 2012
Measures against a Nuclear Disaster

Updated:June 29, 2013

Measures against Infectious Diseases

June 28, 2014

Assumed disaster
Earthquake,

Kinki

RegionInlandAccident/disaster at nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture(Takahama, Oi, Mihama, and Tsuruga), Fast-Breeder
Reactor Research and Development Center (Monju),
and FUGEN Decommissioning Engineer Center

Novel inﬂuenza, etc.

Infectious diseases including novel inﬂuenza (novel
inﬂuenza, re-emerging inﬂuenza), ERIDCC

Avian inﬂuenza, foot-and-mouth diseases

Avian inﬂuenza, foot-and-mouth diseases

Ⅱ The Coordination of Providing and Receiving Support

Ⅳ The Disaster Prevention & Mitigation Projects

The UKG coordinates the region-wide provisions and receipt of support, by establishing the initial system,
collecting the detailed information about the disaster, understanding the needs of the aﬀected area, andproviding support to the aﬀected organizations, based on the Counterpart System.

The Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Delivering of the relief supplies◇The emergency announcement on the support The UKG announced
that we actively: ①Take measures to support the aﬀected areas; ②Provide relief supplies; ③Dispatch personnel; and ④Accept evacuees.
◇The UKG provided support to the aﬀected area based onthe
Counterpart System◇The UKG established the Local Contact Centers to directly collectinformation in the aﬀected area

Tottori
Prefecture
Kyoto
Prefecture

Hyogo
Prefecture

Fukushima Team
Shiga
Prefecture

Osaka
Prefecture
Tokushima
Prefecture

Iwate Team

(Osaka Prefecture,
Wakayama Prefecture)

The Response to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake◇The UKG established the Disaster Response/Support Headquarters. The Local Support Headquarters in
the Kumamoto Prefectural Oﬃce were also established, as well as Local Contact Centers in Mashiki Town,
Ozu Town, and Kikuyo Town, to provide support.
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Disaster Response/Support Headquarters

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center
Ozu Town Local Contact Center

Kikuyo Town Local Contact Center

Entities in charge: Shiga Pref., Kyoto Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref., Wakayama Pref.,Tokushima Pref., Tottori Pref.

Entity in charge: Nara Pref.

* Kyoto City, Osaka City, Sakai City, and Kobe City
supported Kumamoto City under the coordination of the
Association of the Mayors of Ordinance-designated Cities.

■ The provision of relief supplies: pre-gelatinized rice (approx. 330,000 servings), blankets (approx.
90,000), temporary toilet (approx. 3,000 units), blue sheets (approx. 9,000 sheets), etc.
■ The dispatch of personnel (as of July 19, 2016): 7,423 person-days in total, 1,299/day (including
personnel dispatched from municipal oﬃces) *Excluding personnel dispatched from the police, ﬁre brigade,
DMAT, and DPAT, etc.

The situation in Mashiki Town

Supporting the operation of anevacuation shelter (Kikuyo Town)

Health checks
at an evacuation center

The situation in Mashiki Town

Local Support Headquarters

Companies

Section in charge of coordinating
the acceptance of the relief supplies
in the disaster-aﬀected prefecture

Distributing organizations

Support-providing
prefectures, the UKG(in the disaster response
headquarters in a disaster-aﬀected prefecture)

Transport
companies

Examining damage to housing

Procurement section(Members of the Japan
Trucking Association)

Vehicle arrangement section(the Japan Trucking Association)

Procurement
SectionRequest receipt
sectionShipment section

Primary supply base

Activities of public nurses

Victim Support Center

Victim Support Center

Debris Removal Support Center

Major Disaster Support in the Past
The UKG supported the area aﬀected by Typhoon 12 in 2011, Typhoon 18 in 2013, torrential rain in August 2014, andtorrential rain in the Kanto and Tohoku regions in 2015, by oﬀering proposals to the national government and providing
both human (dispatching personnel with professional skills) and material (dispatching of relief supplies) support.

Ⅲ The Cooperation with Related Organizations
The UKG established a disaster support system in cooperation with the UKG member governments, other UKG
bureaus, UKG partner prefectures, wide-area blocs, National Governors Association, the national government, theUGK s actual support organizations, as well as the private sector.

The Promotion of the Cooperation with the Wide-area Bloc and the Private Sector(Warehousing Association)

Secondary supply baseDisaster-aﬀected prefecture

Disaster-aﬀected municipality

Evacuation centers

The region-wide cooperation drills■ Cooperative entities:
Wide-area
Blocs, etc.

Association of Governors in Kyushu, National Governors Association, 9 Prefectural governments in the Kinki region(Fukui Pref., Mie Pref., Shiga Pref., Kyoto Pref., Osaka Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref., Wakayama Pref., Tokushima
Pref.), Tottori Pref., 9 prefectural or municipal governments in the Kanto region (Kanagawa pref., Saitama Pref., Chiba
Pref., Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Yokohama City, Kawasaki City, Chiba City, Saitama City, Sagamihara City)

In order to strengthen the system to deal withlarge-scale, region-wide disasters, the UKG conducts
region-wide cooperation on assumption of a large-scaledisaster across the region. UKG member governments
and related organizations participate in these drills.
Field training

Operation map training

Countermeasure to nuclear disaster■ The establishment of the guideline of the region-wide evacuation at the time of a nuclear disaster (March 27, 2014).
◆With an assumption of a nuclear accident/disaster at nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture (Mihama,
Takahama, Oi, and Tsuruga), a plan to accept approximately 250,000 residents living within the UPZ (theUrgent Protective action planning Zone: the area with a radius of 30 km from the nuclear plant) in Fukui,
Shiga, and Kyoto Prefectures has been established.
◆We coordinate the matching of the aﬀected area and the municipalities accepting evacuees. The detailed
procedures of region-wide evacuation have also been established.

Privatebusiness
entities, etc.

Convenience stores and food service providers (26), nuclear power providers (KEPCO, The Japan Atomic Power
Company, Japan Atomic Energy Agency), P&G, 6 helicopter ﬂight service providers, Kinki Passenger Boat
Association & Kobe Passenger Boat Association, Organizations for Hanshin-Awaji Town Development, Kansai Golf
Union & Tokushima Prefecture Golf Union, Lions Clubs International Multiple District 335, Associations ofRadiological Technologists in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region & The Japan Association of Radiological Technologists(11 organizations). Takken Associations in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region, prefectural headquarters of All Japan
Real Estate Federation in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region, Chintai Association, & Japan Property Management
Association (22 organizations), Bus Associations in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region (10 organizations).

The national government, Fukui Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, the Union of Kansai
Governments (observer) discuss topics including the evacuation plans in the area where nuclear plants are located.

■ Areas to be evacuated in a nuclear disaster andthe number of residents accepted by the UKG
member entities.
Prefecture tobe evacuatedWestern
ReinanFukui
Eastern
Pref.
ReinanApprox. 66,900

Hyogo Pref.

Approx. 78,700

Nara Pref.

Shiga Pref.

Approx. 57,600

Osaka Pref. and Wakayama Pref.
(Requesting cooperation of Mie
Pref. and Nara Pref. if necessary)

Kyoto Pref.

Hyogo Pref. and Tokushima Pref.
Approx. 128,800 (Requesting a cooperation of
Tottori Pref. if necessary)(Tsuruga City)

Number ofevacuees■The contents of the manual

Prefecture(s) accepting
evacueesA

Basic
policies

・This section is established as the detailed
provisions of the Kansai Plan for Disaster
Prevention and Preparation."

Overview(see right)

・Overview the entire ﬂow in the timeline

Phase
sheets・Created in three categories of disaster-aﬀected
prefecture,
support-providing prefecture,and the UKG.
・Checklists of tasks for each phase divided by thetime ﬂow

framework of[ The
the region-wide evacuation]
Miyazu City

MihamaPower
Plant
Takahama Oi Power
Power
Plant
Plant

Size

Possibility of earthquake within 30 years

M8-M9 class

Approx. 70% (As of Jan. 2016)

Seismic Intensity Map of a largest
possible Nankai Trough Earthquake.

Tsuruga
Power Plant

Wakasa Town

Kyotamba Town

EV

Earthquake
occurrence
possibility
Maximum level

The areas of thepotential epicenters areassessed based on the
topography, pastrecords, and recent
seismic activities.
Possibility of various
patterns of earthquakes
The size and possibility of an earthquake is assessed in the entire
Nankai Trough area. Long-term Assessment of the Seismic
Activities at the Nankai Trough (Second Edition) (May 2013). The
Seismic Assessment Committee, the Headquarters for Earthquake
Research Promotion.

The height of tsunami caused by the largest
possible Nankai Trough Earthquake.

Minami-awaji City
９ｍ

Nagahama City

Maizuru City Takahama Town Obama CityOi Town Takashima City
Ayabe City
Nantan City
Fukuchiyama City

※Seismic
intensityon the land
surface■7■ Upper 6■ Lower 6■ Upper 5■ Lower 5■4■ 3 or under* The seismic intensity on the land surface in the type of earthquake thatcauses greatest damage by seismic tremors (the shore-side type).
Source: Additional material for the Cabinet Office s Committee for Modeling aNankai Trough Megaquake (Second report session) (August, 2012).

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The Nankai Trough is a point where the Philippine Sea
Plate, an oceanic plate, sinks under a continental plate on
which the Japanese Archipelago is located from the south,
by several centimeters per year. As a plate sinks under theother, tension accumulates at the border of the two plates.
In the past 1,400 years, large-scale earthquakes that emitsuch accumulated energy at the Nankai Trough haveoccurred every 100-200 years. The most recent such
earthquakes were the Showa Tonankai Earthquake in 1944
and the Showa Nankai Earthquake in 1946.
About 70 years have passed since these two earthquakes
struck, and the time when the next great earthquake
occurs is approaching.

Earthquakes atNankai TroughB0■ What is the Nankai Trough Earthquake?

■ The national government s participation in the Fukui Area Nuclear Disaster Prevention Conference.
In order to be thoroughly prepared for a large-scale disaster, the UKG aims to conclude
treaties to establish mutual cooperation between wide-area blocs. The UKG also seeks
ways to establish a cooperation system by concluding cooperation treaties with privatecompanies and organization so that the UKG and its member entities are able toeﬀectively provide support for the aﬀected area.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Emergency Manual was written to set out the actions taken by the UKG at theinitial phase in case of the Nankai Trough Earthquake.

(Warehousing Association)

Supply base manager

Entities in charge: Kyoto Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref.

Entity in charge: Osaka Pref.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Emergency Manual (Established in March 2016)

What is the Counterpart System?
The Counterpart System is a system whereby
each UKG member government is allocated to a
speciﬁc aﬀected prefecture, under the overall
coordination of the UKG. The system enables
the UKG members to provide quick, eﬀective,and
continuous support based on the actual needsof the aﬀected area.

■ The provision of relief supplies: pre-gelatinized rice (approx. 260,000 servings), drinking water (approx.
460,000 bottles), blankets (approx. 64,000), temporary toilet (approx. 21,000 units), etc.
■ The dispatch of personnel (as of July 29, 2016): 358,400 person-days in total, 214 person/day *387/day
at the peak *Excluding personnel dispatched from the police, ﬁre brigade, DMAT, and municipal oﬃces.
■ The acceptance of the evacuees (as of July 29, 2016): 3,364 people (in public housing, etc.) *4,754
people at the peak.

Local Support Headquarters (in the Kumamoto Prefectural Oﬃce)

Supporting the operation of anevacuation shelter (Mashiki Town)

The UKG establishes a system to procure and deliver emergency supplies, with the cooperation of private
distributers and logistics providers. In order to establish a system that provides and receives region-wide
support at the time of natural disasters such as the Nankai Trough Earthquake, the UKG also builds bases inorder to gather, store, and deliver basic supplies by developing the network of Disaster Management Bases
across the Kansai region. This includes the building of a system that uses bases in neighboring prefectures,
when it becomes impossible to use Disaster Management Bases in one prefecture, in case of emergency.

〔An emergent committee of the UKG
was held on March 13, 2011〕

MiyagiPrefecture
Fukushima
Prefecture

Wakayama
Prefecture

Shipping of relief supplies at arelief supplies center(Ozu Town)

Iwate
Prefecture(Kyoto Prefecture,
Shiga Prefecture)

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center

The UKG plans to implement various disaster prevention/mitigation projects such as establishing the Kansai
Region-wide Disaster Prevention System, training personnel about disaster prevention, establishing measures
to support people who are unable to return home after disasters, and producing manuals.

The emergency
supplies smoothprovision system(Outline)

Miyagi TeamThe provision of support based (Hyogo Prefecture,
Tottori Prefecture,on the Counterpart System
Tokushima Prefecture)

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center

Establishing of the emergency supplies smooth provision system
and networking of Wide-area Disaster Management Bases.

Takaishi City
５ｍ

Minami Town
24 ｍ
Susami Town
19 ｍ

Tsunamiheight（m）■ 20.1 〜■ 10.1 〜 20.0
■ 5.1 〜 10.0
■ 2.1 〜 5.0■ 1.1 〜 2.0■ 0 〜 1.0

*When the large landslide occurs in the sea off the Kii Peninsula in the sea off
Shikoku. Source: Additional material for the Cabinet Office s Committee forModeling a Nankai Trough Megaquake (Second report session) (August,2012).

Ⅱ The Coordination of Providing and Receiving Support

Ⅳ The Disaster Prevention & Mitigation Projects

The UKG coordinates the region-wide provisions and receipt of support, by establishing the initial system,
collecting the detailed information about the disaster, understanding the needs of the aﬀected area, andproviding support to the aﬀected organizations, based on the Counterpart System.

The Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Delivering of the relief supplies◇The emergency announcement on the support The UKG announced
that we actively: ①Take measures to support the aﬀected areas; ②Provide relief supplies; ③Dispatch personnel; and ④Accept evacuees.
◇The UKG provided support to the aﬀected area based onthe
Counterpart System◇The UKG established the Local Contact Centers to directly collectinformation in the aﬀected area

Tottori
Prefecture
Kyoto
Prefecture

Hyogo
Prefecture

Fukushima Team
Shiga
Prefecture

Osaka
Prefecture
Tokushima
Prefecture

Iwate Team

(Osaka Prefecture,
Wakayama Prefecture)

The Response to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake◇The UKG established the Disaster Response/Support Headquarters. The Local Support Headquarters in
the Kumamoto Prefectural Oﬃce were also established, as well as Local Contact Centers in Mashiki Town,
Ozu Town, and Kikuyo Town, to provide support.
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Disaster Response/Support Headquarters

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center
Ozu Town Local Contact Center

Kikuyo Town Local Contact Center

Entities in charge: Shiga Pref., Kyoto Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref., Wakayama Pref.,Tokushima Pref., Tottori Pref.

Entity in charge: Nara Pref.

* Kyoto City, Osaka City, Sakai City, and Kobe City
supported Kumamoto City under the coordination of the
Association of the Mayors of Ordinance-designated Cities.

■ The provision of relief supplies: pre-gelatinized rice (approx. 330,000 servings), blankets (approx.
90,000), temporary toilet (approx. 3,000 units), blue sheets (approx. 9,000 sheets), etc.
■ The dispatch of personnel (as of July 19, 2016): 7,423 person-days in total, 1,299/day (including
personnel dispatched from municipal oﬃces) *Excluding personnel dispatched from the police, ﬁre brigade,
DMAT, and DPAT, etc.

The situation in Mashiki Town

Supporting the operation of anevacuation shelter (Kikuyo Town)

Health checks
at an evacuation center

The situation in Mashiki Town

Local Support Headquarters

Companies

Section in charge of coordinating
the acceptance of the relief supplies
in the disaster-aﬀected prefecture

Distributing organizations

Support-providing
prefectures, the UKG(in the disaster response
headquarters in a disaster-aﬀected prefecture)

Transport
companies

Examining damage to housing

Procurement section(Members of the Japan
Trucking Association)

Vehicle arrangement section(the Japan Trucking Association)

Procurement
SectionRequest receipt
sectionShipment section

Primary supply base

Activities of public nurses

Victim Support Center

Victim Support Center

Debris Removal Support Center

Major Disaster Support in the Past
The UKG supported the area aﬀected by Typhoon 12 in 2011, Typhoon 18 in 2013, torrential rain in August 2014, andtorrential rain in the Kanto and Tohoku regions in 2015, by oﬀering proposals to the national government and providing
both human (dispatching personnel with professional skills) and material (dispatching of relief supplies) support.

Ⅲ The Cooperation with Related Organizations
The UKG established a disaster support system in cooperation with the UKG member governments, other UKG
bureaus, UKG partner prefectures, wide-area blocs, National Governors Association, the national government, theUGK s actual support organizations, as well as the private sector.

The Promotion of the Cooperation with the Wide-area Bloc and the Private Sector(Warehousing Association)

Secondary supply baseDisaster-aﬀected prefecture

Disaster-aﬀected municipality

Evacuation centers

The region-wide cooperation drills■ Cooperative entities:
Wide-area
Blocs, etc.

Association of Governors in Kyushu, National Governors Association, 9 Prefectural governments in the Kinki region(Fukui Pref., Mie Pref., Shiga Pref., Kyoto Pref., Osaka Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref., Wakayama Pref., Tokushima
Pref.), Tottori Pref., 9 prefectural or municipal governments in the Kanto region (Kanagawa pref., Saitama Pref., Chiba
Pref., Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Yokohama City, Kawasaki City, Chiba City, Saitama City, Sagamihara City)

In order to strengthen the system to deal withlarge-scale, region-wide disasters, the UKG conducts
region-wide cooperation on assumption of a large-scaledisaster across the region. UKG member governments
and related organizations participate in these drills.
Field training

Operation map training

Countermeasure to nuclear disaster■ The establishment of the guideline of the region-wide evacuation at the time of a nuclear disaster (March 27, 2014).
◆With an assumption of a nuclear accident/disaster at nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture (Mihama,
Takahama, Oi, and Tsuruga), a plan to accept approximately 250,000 residents living within the UPZ (theUrgent Protective action planning Zone: the area with a radius of 30 km from the nuclear plant) in Fukui,
Shiga, and Kyoto Prefectures has been established.
◆We coordinate the matching of the aﬀected area and the municipalities accepting evacuees. The detailed
procedures of region-wide evacuation have also been established.

Privatebusiness
entities, etc.

Convenience stores and food service providers (26), nuclear power providers (KEPCO, The Japan Atomic Power
Company, Japan Atomic Energy Agency), P&G, 6 helicopter ﬂight service providers, Kinki Passenger Boat
Association & Kobe Passenger Boat Association, Organizations for Hanshin-Awaji Town Development, Kansai Golf
Union & Tokushima Prefecture Golf Union, Lions Clubs International Multiple District 335, Associations ofRadiological Technologists in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region & The Japan Association of Radiological Technologists(11 organizations). Takken Associations in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region, prefectural headquarters of All Japan
Real Estate Federation in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region, Chintai Association, & Japan Property Management
Association (22 organizations), Bus Associations in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region (10 organizations).

The national government, Fukui Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, the Union of Kansai
Governments (observer) discuss topics including the evacuation plans in the area where nuclear plants are located.

■ Areas to be evacuated in a nuclear disaster andthe number of residents accepted by the UKG
member entities.
Prefecture tobe evacuatedWestern
ReinanFukui
Eastern
Pref.
ReinanApprox. 66,900

Hyogo Pref.

Approx. 78,700

Nara Pref.

Shiga Pref.

Approx. 57,600

Osaka Pref. and Wakayama Pref.
(Requesting cooperation of Mie
Pref. and Nara Pref. if necessary)

Kyoto Pref.

Hyogo Pref. and Tokushima Pref.
Approx. 128,800 (Requesting a cooperation of
Tottori Pref. if necessary)(Tsuruga City)

Number ofevacuees■The contents of the manual

Prefecture(s) accepting
evacueesA

Basic
policies

・This section is established as the detailed
provisions of the Kansai Plan for Disaster
Prevention and Preparation."

Overview(see right)

・Overview the entire ﬂow in the timeline

Phase
sheets・Created in three categories of disaster-aﬀected
prefecture,
support-providing prefecture,and the UKG.
・Checklists of tasks for each phase divided by thetime ﬂow

framework of[ The
the region-wide evacuation]
Miyazu City

MihamaPower
Plant
Takahama Oi Power
Power
Plant
Plant

Size

Possibility of earthquake within 30 years

M8-M9 class

Approx. 70% (As of Jan. 2016)

Seismic Intensity Map of a largest
possible Nankai Trough Earthquake.

Tsuruga
Power Plant

Wakasa Town

Kyotamba Town

EV

Earthquake
occurrence
possibility
Maximum level

The areas of thepotential epicenters areassessed based on the
topography, pastrecords, and recent
seismic activities.
Possibility of various
patterns of earthquakes
The size and possibility of an earthquake is assessed in the entire
Nankai Trough area. Long-term Assessment of the Seismic
Activities at the Nankai Trough (Second Edition) (May 2013). The
Seismic Assessment Committee, the Headquarters for Earthquake
Research Promotion.

The height of tsunami caused by the largest
possible Nankai Trough Earthquake.

Minami-awaji City
９ｍ

Nagahama City

Maizuru City Takahama Town Obama CityOi Town Takashima City
Ayabe City
Nantan City
Fukuchiyama City

※Seismic
intensityon the land
surface■7■ Upper 6■ Lower 6■ Upper 5■ Lower 5■4■ 3 or under* The seismic intensity on the land surface in the type of earthquake thatcauses greatest damage by seismic tremors (the shore-side type).
Source: Additional material for the Cabinet Office s Committee for Modeling aNankai Trough Megaquake (Second report session) (August, 2012).

B

K

A

L.O.

The Nankai Trough is a point where the Philippine Sea
Plate, an oceanic plate, sinks under a continental plate on
which the Japanese Archipelago is located from the south,
by several centimeters per year. As a plate sinks under theother, tension accumulates at the border of the two plates.
In the past 1,400 years, large-scale earthquakes that emitsuch accumulated energy at the Nankai Trough haveoccurred every 100-200 years. The most recent such
earthquakes were the Showa Tonankai Earthquake in 1944
and the Showa Nankai Earthquake in 1946.
About 70 years have passed since these two earthquakes
struck, and the time when the next great earthquake
occurs is approaching.

Earthquakes atNankai TroughB0■ What is the Nankai Trough Earthquake?

■ The national government s participation in the Fukui Area Nuclear Disaster Prevention Conference.
In order to be thoroughly prepared for a large-scale disaster, the UKG aims to conclude
treaties to establish mutual cooperation between wide-area blocs. The UKG also seeks
ways to establish a cooperation system by concluding cooperation treaties with privatecompanies and organization so that the UKG and its member entities are able toeﬀectively provide support for the aﬀected area.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Emergency Manual was written to set out the actions taken by the UKG at theinitial phase in case of the Nankai Trough Earthquake.

(Warehousing Association)

Supply base manager

Entities in charge: Kyoto Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref.

Entity in charge: Osaka Pref.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Emergency Manual (Established in March 2016)

What is the Counterpart System?
The Counterpart System is a system whereby
each UKG member government is allocated to a
speciﬁc aﬀected prefecture, under the overall
coordination of the UKG. The system enables
the UKG members to provide quick, eﬀective,and
continuous support based on the actual needsof the aﬀected area.

■ The provision of relief supplies: pre-gelatinized rice (approx. 260,000 servings), drinking water (approx.
460,000 bottles), blankets (approx. 64,000), temporary toilet (approx. 21,000 units), etc.
■ The dispatch of personnel (as of July 29, 2016): 358,400 person-days in total, 214 person/day *387/day
at the peak *Excluding personnel dispatched from the police, ﬁre brigade, DMAT, and municipal oﬃces.
■ The acceptance of the evacuees (as of July 29, 2016): 3,364 people (in public housing, etc.) *4,754
people at the peak.

Local Support Headquarters (in the Kumamoto Prefectural Oﬃce)

Supporting the operation of anevacuation shelter (Mashiki Town)

The UKG establishes a system to procure and deliver emergency supplies, with the cooperation of private
distributers and logistics providers. In order to establish a system that provides and receives region-wide
support at the time of natural disasters such as the Nankai Trough Earthquake, the UKG also builds bases inorder to gather, store, and deliver basic supplies by developing the network of Disaster Management Bases
across the Kansai region. This includes the building of a system that uses bases in neighboring prefectures,
when it becomes impossible to use Disaster Management Bases in one prefecture, in case of emergency.

〔An emergent committee of the UKG
was held on March 13, 2011〕

MiyagiPrefecture
Fukushima
Prefecture

Wakayama
Prefecture

Shipping of relief supplies at arelief supplies center(Ozu Town)

Iwate
Prefecture(Kyoto Prefecture,
Shiga Prefecture)

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center

The UKG plans to implement various disaster prevention/mitigation projects such as establishing the Kansai
Region-wide Disaster Prevention System, training personnel about disaster prevention, establishing measures
to support people who are unable to return home after disasters, and producing manuals.

The emergency
supplies smoothprovision system(Outline)

Miyagi TeamThe provision of support based (Hyogo Prefecture,
Tottori Prefecture,on the Counterpart System
Tokushima Prefecture)

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center

Establishing of the emergency supplies smooth provision system
and networking of Wide-area Disaster Management Bases.

Takaishi City
５ｍ

Minami Town
24 ｍ
Susami Town
19 ｍ

Tsunamiheight（m）■ 20.1 〜■ 10.1 〜 20.0
■ 5.1 〜 10.0
■ 2.1 〜 5.0■ 1.1 〜 2.0■ 0 〜 1.0

*When the large landslide occurs in the sea off the Kii Peninsula in the sea off
Shikoku. Source: Additional material for the Cabinet Office s Committee forModeling a Nankai Trough Megaquake (Second report session) (August,2012).

Ⅱ The Coordination of Providing and Receiving Support

Ⅳ The Disaster Prevention & Mitigation Projects

The UKG coordinates the region-wide provisions and receipt of support, by establishing the initial system,
collecting the detailed information about the disaster, understanding the needs of the aﬀected area, andproviding support to the aﬀected organizations, based on the Counterpart System.

The Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Delivering of the relief supplies◇The emergency announcement on the support The UKG announced
that we actively: ①Take measures to support the aﬀected areas; ②Provide relief supplies; ③Dispatch personnel; and ④Accept evacuees.
◇The UKG provided support to the aﬀected area based onthe
Counterpart System◇The UKG established the Local Contact Centers to directly collectinformation in the aﬀected area

Tottori
Prefecture
Kyoto
Prefecture

Hyogo
Prefecture

Fukushima Team
Shiga
Prefecture

Osaka
Prefecture
Tokushima
Prefecture

Iwate Team

(Osaka Prefecture,
Wakayama Prefecture)

The Response to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake◇The UKG established the Disaster Response/Support Headquarters. The Local Support Headquarters in
the Kumamoto Prefectural Oﬃce were also established, as well as Local Contact Centers in Mashiki Town,
Ozu Town, and Kikuyo Town, to provide support.
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Disaster Response/Support Headquarters

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center
Ozu Town Local Contact Center

Kikuyo Town Local Contact Center

Entities in charge: Shiga Pref., Kyoto Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref., Wakayama Pref.,Tokushima Pref., Tottori Pref.

Entity in charge: Nara Pref.

* Kyoto City, Osaka City, Sakai City, and Kobe City
supported Kumamoto City under the coordination of the
Association of the Mayors of Ordinance-designated Cities.

■ The provision of relief supplies: pre-gelatinized rice (approx. 330,000 servings), blankets (approx.
90,000), temporary toilet (approx. 3,000 units), blue sheets (approx. 9,000 sheets), etc.
■ The dispatch of personnel (as of July 19, 2016): 7,423 person-days in total, 1,299/day (including
personnel dispatched from municipal oﬃces) *Excluding personnel dispatched from the police, ﬁre brigade,
DMAT, and DPAT, etc.

The situation in Mashiki Town

Supporting the operation of anevacuation shelter (Kikuyo Town)

Health checks
at an evacuation center

The situation in Mashiki Town

Local Support Headquarters

Companies

Section in charge of coordinating
the acceptance of the relief supplies
in the disaster-aﬀected prefecture

Distributing organizations

Support-providing
prefectures, the UKG(in the disaster response
headquarters in a disaster-aﬀected prefecture)

Transport
companies

Examining damage to housing

Procurement section(Members of the Japan
Trucking Association)

Vehicle arrangement section(the Japan Trucking Association)

Procurement
SectionRequest receipt
sectionShipment section

Primary supply base

Activities of public nurses

Victim Support Center

Victim Support Center

Debris Removal Support Center

Major Disaster Support in the Past
The UKG supported the area aﬀected by Typhoon 12 in 2011, Typhoon 18 in 2013, torrential rain in August 2014, andtorrential rain in the Kanto and Tohoku regions in 2015, by oﬀering proposals to the national government and providing
both human (dispatching personnel with professional skills) and material (dispatching of relief supplies) support.

Ⅲ The Cooperation with Related Organizations
The UKG established a disaster support system in cooperation with the UKG member governments, other UKG
bureaus, UKG partner prefectures, wide-area blocs, National Governors Association, the national government, theUGK s actual support organizations, as well as the private sector.

The Promotion of the Cooperation with the Wide-area Bloc and the Private Sector(Warehousing Association)

Secondary supply baseDisaster-aﬀected prefecture

Disaster-aﬀected municipality

Evacuation centers

The region-wide cooperation drills■ Cooperative entities:
Wide-area
Blocs, etc.

Association of Governors in Kyushu, National Governors Association, 9 Prefectural governments in the Kinki region(Fukui Pref., Mie Pref., Shiga Pref., Kyoto Pref., Osaka Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref., Wakayama Pref., Tokushima
Pref.), Tottori Pref., 9 prefectural or municipal governments in the Kanto region (Kanagawa pref., Saitama Pref., Chiba
Pref., Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Yokohama City, Kawasaki City, Chiba City, Saitama City, Sagamihara City)

In order to strengthen the system to deal withlarge-scale, region-wide disasters, the UKG conducts
region-wide cooperation on assumption of a large-scaledisaster across the region. UKG member governments
and related organizations participate in these drills.
Field training

Operation map training

Countermeasure to nuclear disaster■ The establishment of the guideline of the region-wide evacuation at the time of a nuclear disaster (March 27, 2014).
◆With an assumption of a nuclear accident/disaster at nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture (Mihama,
Takahama, Oi, and Tsuruga), a plan to accept approximately 250,000 residents living within the UPZ (theUrgent Protective action planning Zone: the area with a radius of 30 km from the nuclear plant) in Fukui,
Shiga, and Kyoto Prefectures has been established.
◆We coordinate the matching of the aﬀected area and the municipalities accepting evacuees. The detailed
procedures of region-wide evacuation have also been established.

Privatebusiness
entities, etc.

Convenience stores and food service providers (26), nuclear power providers (KEPCO, The Japan Atomic Power
Company, Japan Atomic Energy Agency), P&G, 6 helicopter ﬂight service providers, Kinki Passenger Boat
Association & Kobe Passenger Boat Association, Organizations for Hanshin-Awaji Town Development, Kansai Golf
Union & Tokushima Prefecture Golf Union, Lions Clubs International Multiple District 335, Associations ofRadiological Technologists in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region & The Japan Association of Radiological Technologists(11 organizations). Takken Associations in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region, prefectural headquarters of All Japan
Real Estate Federation in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region, Chintai Association, & Japan Property Management
Association (22 organizations), Bus Associations in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region (10 organizations).

The national government, Fukui Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, the Union of Kansai
Governments (observer) discuss topics including the evacuation plans in the area where nuclear plants are located.

■ Areas to be evacuated in a nuclear disaster andthe number of residents accepted by the UKG
member entities.
Prefecture tobe evacuatedWestern
ReinanFukui
Eastern
Pref.
ReinanApprox. 66,900

Hyogo Pref.

Approx. 78,700

Nara Pref.

Shiga Pref.

Approx. 57,600

Osaka Pref. and Wakayama Pref.
(Requesting cooperation of Mie
Pref. and Nara Pref. if necessary)

Kyoto Pref.

Hyogo Pref. and Tokushima Pref.
Approx. 128,800 (Requesting a cooperation of
Tottori Pref. if necessary)(Tsuruga City)

Number ofevacuees■The contents of the manual

Prefecture(s) accepting
evacueesA

Basic
policies

・This section is established as the detailed
provisions of the Kansai Plan for Disaster
Prevention and Preparation."

Overview(see right)

・Overview the entire ﬂow in the timeline

Phase
sheets・Created in three categories of disaster-aﬀected
prefecture,
support-providing prefecture,and the UKG.
・Checklists of tasks for each phase divided by thetime ﬂow

framework of[ The
the region-wide evacuation]
Miyazu City

MihamaPower
Plant
Takahama Oi Power
Power
Plant
Plant

Size

Possibility of earthquake within 30 years

M8-M9 class

Approx. 70% (As of Jan. 2016)

Seismic Intensity Map of a largest
possible Nankai Trough Earthquake.

Tsuruga
Power Plant

Wakasa Town

Kyotamba Town

EV

Earthquake
occurrence
possibility
Maximum level

The areas of thepotential epicenters areassessed based on the
topography, pastrecords, and recent
seismic activities.
Possibility of various
patterns of earthquakes
The size and possibility of an earthquake is assessed in the entire
Nankai Trough area. Long-term Assessment of the Seismic
Activities at the Nankai Trough (Second Edition) (May 2013). The
Seismic Assessment Committee, the Headquarters for Earthquake
Research Promotion.

The height of tsunami caused by the largest
possible Nankai Trough Earthquake.

Minami-awaji City
９ｍ

Nagahama City

Maizuru City Takahama Town Obama CityOi Town Takashima City
Ayabe City
Nantan City
Fukuchiyama City

※Seismic
intensityon the land
surface■7■ Upper 6■ Lower 6■ Upper 5■ Lower 5■4■ 3 or under* The seismic intensity on the land surface in the type of earthquake thatcauses greatest damage by seismic tremors (the shore-side type).
Source: Additional material for the Cabinet Office s Committee for Modeling aNankai Trough Megaquake (Second report session) (August, 2012).

B

K

A

L.O.

The Nankai Trough is a point where the Philippine Sea
Plate, an oceanic plate, sinks under a continental plate on
which the Japanese Archipelago is located from the south,
by several centimeters per year. As a plate sinks under theother, tension accumulates at the border of the two plates.
In the past 1,400 years, large-scale earthquakes that emitsuch accumulated energy at the Nankai Trough haveoccurred every 100-200 years. The most recent such
earthquakes were the Showa Tonankai Earthquake in 1944
and the Showa Nankai Earthquake in 1946.
About 70 years have passed since these two earthquakes
struck, and the time when the next great earthquake
occurs is approaching.

Earthquakes atNankai TroughB0■ What is the Nankai Trough Earthquake?

■ The national government s participation in the Fukui Area Nuclear Disaster Prevention Conference.
In order to be thoroughly prepared for a large-scale disaster, the UKG aims to conclude
treaties to establish mutual cooperation between wide-area blocs. The UKG also seeks
ways to establish a cooperation system by concluding cooperation treaties with privatecompanies and organization so that the UKG and its member entities are able toeﬀectively provide support for the aﬀected area.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Emergency Manual was written to set out the actions taken by the UKG at theinitial phase in case of the Nankai Trough Earthquake.

(Warehousing Association)

Supply base manager

Entities in charge: Kyoto Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref.

Entity in charge: Osaka Pref.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Emergency Manual (Established in March 2016)

What is the Counterpart System?
The Counterpart System is a system whereby
each UKG member government is allocated to a
speciﬁc aﬀected prefecture, under the overall
coordination of the UKG. The system enables
the UKG members to provide quick, eﬀective,and
continuous support based on the actual needsof the aﬀected area.

■ The provision of relief supplies: pre-gelatinized rice (approx. 260,000 servings), drinking water (approx.
460,000 bottles), blankets (approx. 64,000), temporary toilet (approx. 21,000 units), etc.
■ The dispatch of personnel (as of July 29, 2016): 358,400 person-days in total, 214 person/day *387/day
at the peak *Excluding personnel dispatched from the police, ﬁre brigade, DMAT, and municipal oﬃces.
■ The acceptance of the evacuees (as of July 29, 2016): 3,364 people (in public housing, etc.) *4,754
people at the peak.

Local Support Headquarters (in the Kumamoto Prefectural Oﬃce)

Supporting the operation of anevacuation shelter (Mashiki Town)

The UKG establishes a system to procure and deliver emergency supplies, with the cooperation of private
distributers and logistics providers. In order to establish a system that provides and receives region-wide
support at the time of natural disasters such as the Nankai Trough Earthquake, the UKG also builds bases inorder to gather, store, and deliver basic supplies by developing the network of Disaster Management Bases
across the Kansai region. This includes the building of a system that uses bases in neighboring prefectures,
when it becomes impossible to use Disaster Management Bases in one prefecture, in case of emergency.

〔An emergent committee of the UKG
was held on March 13, 2011〕

MiyagiPrefecture
Fukushima
Prefecture

Wakayama
Prefecture

Shipping of relief supplies at arelief supplies center(Ozu Town)

Iwate
Prefecture(Kyoto Prefecture,
Shiga Prefecture)

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center

The UKG plans to implement various disaster prevention/mitigation projects such as establishing the Kansai
Region-wide Disaster Prevention System, training personnel about disaster prevention, establishing measures
to support people who are unable to return home after disasters, and producing manuals.

The emergency
supplies smoothprovision system(Outline)

Miyagi TeamThe provision of support based (Hyogo Prefecture,
Tottori Prefecture,on the Counterpart System
Tokushima Prefecture)

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center

Establishing of the emergency supplies smooth provision system
and networking of Wide-area Disaster Management Bases.

Takaishi City
５ｍ

Minami Town
24 ｍ
Susami Town
19 ｍ

Tsunamiheight（m）■ 20.1 〜■ 10.1 〜 20.0
■ 5.1 〜 10.0
■ 2.1 〜 5.0■ 1.1 〜 2.0■ 0 〜 1.0

*When the large landslide occurs in the sea off the Kii Peninsula in the sea off
Shikoku. Source: Additional material for the Cabinet Office s Committee forModeling a Nankai Trough Megaquake (Second report session) (August,2012).

Ⅱ The Coordination of Providing and Receiving Support

Ⅳ The Disaster Prevention & Mitigation Projects

The UKG coordinates the region-wide provisions and receipt of support, by establishing the initial system,
collecting the detailed information about the disaster, understanding the needs of the aﬀected area, andproviding support to the aﬀected organizations, based on the Counterpart System.

The Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake
Delivering of the relief supplies◇The emergency announcement on the support The UKG announced
that we actively: ①Take measures to support the aﬀected areas; ②Provide relief supplies; ③Dispatch personnel; and ④Accept evacuees.
◇The UKG provided support to the aﬀected area based onthe
Counterpart System◇The UKG established the Local Contact Centers to directly collectinformation in the aﬀected area

Tottori
Prefecture
Kyoto
Prefecture

Hyogo
Prefecture

Fukushima Team
Shiga
Prefecture

Osaka
Prefecture
Tokushima
Prefecture

Iwate Team

(Osaka Prefecture,
Wakayama Prefecture)

The Response to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake◇The UKG established the Disaster Response/Support Headquarters. The Local Support Headquarters in
the Kumamoto Prefectural Oﬃce were also established, as well as Local Contact Centers in Mashiki Town,
Ozu Town, and Kikuyo Town, to provide support.
2016 Kumamoto Earthquake Disaster Response/Support Headquarters

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center
Ozu Town Local Contact Center

Kikuyo Town Local Contact Center

Entities in charge: Shiga Pref., Kyoto Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref., Wakayama Pref.,Tokushima Pref., Tottori Pref.

Entity in charge: Nara Pref.

* Kyoto City, Osaka City, Sakai City, and Kobe City
supported Kumamoto City under the coordination of the
Association of the Mayors of Ordinance-designated Cities.

■ The provision of relief supplies: pre-gelatinized rice (approx. 330,000 servings), blankets (approx.
90,000), temporary toilet (approx. 3,000 units), blue sheets (approx. 9,000 sheets), etc.
■ The dispatch of personnel (as of July 19, 2016): 7,423 person-days in total, 1,299/day (including
personnel dispatched from municipal oﬃces) *Excluding personnel dispatched from the police, ﬁre brigade,
DMAT, and DPAT, etc.

The situation in Mashiki Town

Supporting the operation of anevacuation shelter (Kikuyo Town)

Health checks
at an evacuation center

The situation in Mashiki Town

Local Support Headquarters

Companies

Section in charge of coordinating
the acceptance of the relief supplies
in the disaster-aﬀected prefecture

Distributing organizations

Support-providing
prefectures, the UKG(in the disaster response
headquarters in a disaster-aﬀected prefecture)

Transport
companies

Examining damage to housing

Procurement section(Members of the Japan
Trucking Association)

Vehicle arrangement section(the Japan Trucking Association)

Procurement
SectionRequest receipt
sectionShipment section

Primary supply base

Activities of public nurses

Victim Support Center

Victim Support Center

Debris Removal Support Center

Major Disaster Support in the Past
The UKG supported the area aﬀected by Typhoon 12 in 2011, Typhoon 18 in 2013, torrential rain in August 2014, andtorrential rain in the Kanto and Tohoku regions in 2015, by oﬀering proposals to the national government and providing
both human (dispatching personnel with professional skills) and material (dispatching of relief supplies) support.

Ⅲ The Cooperation with Related Organizations
The UKG established a disaster support system in cooperation with the UKG member governments, other UKG
bureaus, UKG partner prefectures, wide-area blocs, National Governors Association, the national government, theUGK s actual support organizations, as well as the private sector.

The Promotion of the Cooperation with the Wide-area Bloc and the Private Sector(Warehousing Association)

Secondary supply baseDisaster-aﬀected prefecture

Disaster-aﬀected municipality

Evacuation centers

The region-wide cooperation drills■ Cooperative entities:
Wide-area
Blocs, etc.

Association of Governors in Kyushu, National Governors Association, 9 Prefectural governments in the Kinki region(Fukui Pref., Mie Pref., Shiga Pref., Kyoto Pref., Osaka Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref., Wakayama Pref., Tokushima
Pref.), Tottori Pref., 9 prefectural or municipal governments in the Kanto region (Kanagawa pref., Saitama Pref., Chiba
Pref., Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Yokohama City, Kawasaki City, Chiba City, Saitama City, Sagamihara City)

In order to strengthen the system to deal withlarge-scale, region-wide disasters, the UKG conducts
region-wide cooperation on assumption of a large-scaledisaster across the region. UKG member governments
and related organizations participate in these drills.
Field training

Operation map training

Countermeasure to nuclear disaster■ The establishment of the guideline of the region-wide evacuation at the time of a nuclear disaster (March 27, 2014).
◆With an assumption of a nuclear accident/disaster at nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture (Mihama,
Takahama, Oi, and Tsuruga), a plan to accept approximately 250,000 residents living within the UPZ (theUrgent Protective action planning Zone: the area with a radius of 30 km from the nuclear plant) in Fukui,
Shiga, and Kyoto Prefectures has been established.
◆We coordinate the matching of the aﬀected area and the municipalities accepting evacuees. The detailed
procedures of region-wide evacuation have also been established.

Privatebusiness
entities, etc.

Convenience stores and food service providers (26), nuclear power providers (KEPCO, The Japan Atomic Power
Company, Japan Atomic Energy Agency), P&G, 6 helicopter ﬂight service providers, Kinki Passenger Boat
Association & Kobe Passenger Boat Association, Organizations for Hanshin-Awaji Town Development, Kansai Golf
Union & Tokushima Prefecture Golf Union, Lions Clubs International Multiple District 335, Associations ofRadiological Technologists in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region & The Japan Association of Radiological Technologists(11 organizations). Takken Associations in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region, prefectural headquarters of All Japan
Real Estate Federation in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region, Chintai Association, & Japan Property Management
Association (22 organizations), Bus Associations in 10 prefectures in the Kinki region (10 organizations).

The national government, Fukui Prefecture, Gifu Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, the Union of Kansai
Governments (observer) discuss topics including the evacuation plans in the area where nuclear plants are located.

■ Areas to be evacuated in a nuclear disaster andthe number of residents accepted by the UKG
member entities.
Prefecture tobe evacuatedWestern
ReinanFukui
Eastern
Pref.
ReinanApprox. 66,900

Hyogo Pref.

Approx. 78,700

Nara Pref.

Shiga Pref.

Approx. 57,600

Osaka Pref. and Wakayama Pref.
(Requesting cooperation of Mie
Pref. and Nara Pref. if necessary)

Kyoto Pref.

Hyogo Pref. and Tokushima Pref.
Approx. 128,800 (Requesting a cooperation of
Tottori Pref. if necessary)(Tsuruga City)

Number ofevacuees■The contents of the manual

Prefecture(s) accepting
evacueesA

Basic
policies

・This section is established as the detailed
provisions of the Kansai Plan for Disaster
Prevention and Preparation."

Overview(see right)

・Overview the entire ﬂow in the timeline

Phase
sheets・Created in three categories of disaster-aﬀected
prefecture,
support-providing prefecture,and the UKG.
・Checklists of tasks for each phase divided by thetime ﬂow

framework of[ The
the region-wide evacuation]
Miyazu City

MihamaPower
Plant
Takahama Oi Power
Power
Plant
Plant

Size

Possibility of earthquake within 30 years

M8-M9 class

Approx. 70% (As of Jan. 2016)

Seismic Intensity Map of a largest
possible Nankai Trough Earthquake.

Tsuruga
Power Plant

Wakasa Town

Kyotamba Town

EV

Earthquake
occurrence
possibility
Maximum level

The areas of thepotential epicenters areassessed based on the
topography, pastrecords, and recent
seismic activities.
Possibility of various
patterns of earthquakes
The size and possibility of an earthquake is assessed in the entire
Nankai Trough area. Long-term Assessment of the Seismic
Activities at the Nankai Trough (Second Edition) (May 2013). The
Seismic Assessment Committee, the Headquarters for Earthquake
Research Promotion.

The height of tsunami caused by the largest
possible Nankai Trough Earthquake.

Minami-awaji City
９ｍ

Nagahama City

Maizuru City Takahama Town Obama CityOi Town Takashima City
Ayabe City
Nantan City
Fukuchiyama City

※Seismic
intensityon the land
surface■7■ Upper 6■ Lower 6■ Upper 5■ Lower 5■4■ 3 or under* The seismic intensity on the land surface in the type of earthquake thatcauses greatest damage by seismic tremors (the shore-side type).
Source: Additional material for the Cabinet Office s Committee for Modeling aNankai Trough Megaquake (Second report session) (August, 2012).

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The Nankai Trough is a point where the Philippine Sea
Plate, an oceanic plate, sinks under a continental plate on
which the Japanese Archipelago is located from the south,
by several centimeters per year. As a plate sinks under theother, tension accumulates at the border of the two plates.
In the past 1,400 years, large-scale earthquakes that emitsuch accumulated energy at the Nankai Trough haveoccurred every 100-200 years. The most recent such
earthquakes were the Showa Tonankai Earthquake in 1944
and the Showa Nankai Earthquake in 1946.
About 70 years have passed since these two earthquakes
struck, and the time when the next great earthquake
occurs is approaching.

Earthquakes atNankai TroughB0■ What is the Nankai Trough Earthquake?

■ The national government s participation in the Fukui Area Nuclear Disaster Prevention Conference.
In order to be thoroughly prepared for a large-scale disaster, the UKG aims to conclude
treaties to establish mutual cooperation between wide-area blocs. The UKG also seeks
ways to establish a cooperation system by concluding cooperation treaties with privatecompanies and organization so that the UKG and its member entities are able toeﬀectively provide support for the aﬀected area.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Emergency Manual was written to set out the actions taken by the UKG at theinitial phase in case of the Nankai Trough Earthquake.

(Warehousing Association)

Supply base manager

Entities in charge: Kyoto Pref., Hyogo Pref., Nara Pref.

Entity in charge: Osaka Pref.

Nankai Trough Earthquake Emergency Manual (Established in March 2016)

What is the Counterpart System?
The Counterpart System is a system whereby
each UKG member government is allocated to a
speciﬁc aﬀected prefecture, under the overall
coordination of the UKG. The system enables
the UKG members to provide quick, eﬀective,and
continuous support based on the actual needsof the aﬀected area.

■ The provision of relief supplies: pre-gelatinized rice (approx. 260,000 servings), drinking water (approx.
460,000 bottles), blankets (approx. 64,000), temporary toilet (approx. 21,000 units), etc.
■ The dispatch of personnel (as of July 29, 2016): 358,400 person-days in total, 214 person/day *387/day
at the peak *Excluding personnel dispatched from the police, ﬁre brigade, DMAT, and municipal oﬃces.
■ The acceptance of the evacuees (as of July 29, 2016): 3,364 people (in public housing, etc.) *4,754
people at the peak.

Local Support Headquarters (in the Kumamoto Prefectural Oﬃce)

Supporting the operation of anevacuation shelter (Mashiki Town)

The UKG establishes a system to procure and deliver emergency supplies, with the cooperation of private
distributers and logistics providers. In order to establish a system that provides and receives region-wide
support at the time of natural disasters such as the Nankai Trough Earthquake, the UKG also builds bases inorder to gather, store, and deliver basic supplies by developing the network of Disaster Management Bases
across the Kansai region. This includes the building of a system that uses bases in neighboring prefectures,
when it becomes impossible to use Disaster Management Bases in one prefecture, in case of emergency.

〔An emergent committee of the UKG
was held on March 13, 2011〕

MiyagiPrefecture
Fukushima
Prefecture

Wakayama
Prefecture

Shipping of relief supplies at arelief supplies center(Ozu Town)

Iwate
Prefecture(Kyoto Prefecture,
Shiga Prefecture)

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center

The UKG plans to implement various disaster prevention/mitigation projects such as establishing the Kansai
Region-wide Disaster Prevention System, training personnel about disaster prevention, establishing measures
to support people who are unable to return home after disasters, and producing manuals.

The emergency
supplies smoothprovision system(Outline)

Miyagi TeamThe provision of support based (Hyogo Prefecture,
Tottori Prefecture,on the Counterpart System
Tokushima Prefecture)

Mashiki Town Local Contact Center

Establishing of the emergency supplies smooth provision system
and networking of Wide-area Disaster Management Bases.

Takaishi City
５ｍ

Minami Town
24 ｍ
Susami Town
19 ｍ

Tsunamiheight（m）■ 20.1 〜■ 10.1 〜 20.0
■ 5.1 〜 10.0
■ 2.1 〜 5.0■ 1.1 〜 2.0■ 0 〜 1.0

*When the large landslide occurs in the sea off the Kii Peninsula in the sea off
Shikoku. Source: Additional material for the Cabinet Office s Committee forModeling a Nankai Trough Megaquake (Second report session) (August,2012).

The Rules at the Time of a DisasterWe always live with the threat of a natural disaster. In case of emergency, your quick action will protect the lives ofyou and your family, and minimize damage. Please remember the following rules at the time of a disaster.

Nature of the Plans

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Japan s ﬁrst thorough region-wide disaster prevention/mitigation plans

What is receiving aids ?

The plans that set out the principles of the receiving aids
The plans that set out a scenario of the whole process of disaster response
The plans to depict the overview of the disaster response carried out byrelated organizations
The plans that strengthen links and promote cooperation with various entities
The plans that incorporate lessons learned from two great earthquakes(Hanshin-Awaji, East Japan)

This is a concept of how toeﬀectively receive aid from thethird parties and use them tosupport the victims. As a lesson
from the Great East Japan
Earthquake, the importance ofprior planning by municipal
governments on how to receive
and use aid from volunteers andother third parties is emphasized.

The Positioning of the Plans
Disaster Management
Central Plan (national)(Article 34 of the Disaster
Countermeasure Basic Act)

(Articles 284 and 291(7) of the Local
Autonomy Law)

Municipalities: Local Disaster
Management Plans■Promote conclusionsof cooperative treatiesthat enable quick
disaster response

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Plans in Kansai General Policies

Coordinating

Coordinating

Preparation for the disaster○Measures in Each Field○Measures against the Nankai
・Trough Earthquake, Kinki
Region Inland Earthquake
・Measures against Nuclear Disaster・Measures against Infectious Diseases
・Measures against Storms and Flood■Comprehensively promote theestablishment of systems, training,education, and building of
infrastructure

Disaster response
Operation maps

Coordinating the related organizations
and indicating the roles of the UKG

Initial phase.

(Approx. 3 days fromthe occurrence ofthe disaster)！ Highlights of the Plans• These are continuously developing plans that are regularly
reviewed and new lessons are incorporated.
• We check and assess the progression of Preparation for
Disasters, and modify the plans if necessary.
• In Disaster Response, we set out the operation maps that
depict the entire activities of related organizations on eachphase of disaster response to clearly indicate the roles of the
UKG,
prefectures,municipalities,
and
other
relatedorganizations.

Emergency
Response Phase(Evacuation Center Phase)

Recovery/Reconstruction Phase(Temporary Housing
Phase ‒ mid-term period)

Collecting information, dispatch of
emergency support team, establishmentof the disaster response (support)
headquarters, establishment of the local
support centers

Supporting victims, coordinating thereceipt of the relief supplies, thedispatch of support personnel,
coordinating the support personnel,
coordinating the refuges in large areas.

○The Types of Support(1) The dispatch of personnel, (2) The supply of daily
necessities, (3) The acceptance of evacuees, sick or
injured people.
○Coordination of the provisions and receipt of support• The UKG allocates the types of support and its
recipients in each support providing municipality.
• If the disaster affects more than one prefecture, thesupport of each prefecture is assigned to one
supportproviding
prefecture/municipality.
This
support system is called Counterpart System.

Stay calm and make sure you are safe. 【Evacuation information】

2.

Open a door or a window to secure
your way out of the building.

3.

Evacuate on foot. Do not bringanything unnecessary.

4.

Stay away from narrow alleys, walls,
cliﬀs, or river banks.

5.

Cooperate with other people toﬁrst-aid the injured or rescue those
who are trapped.

Supporting the building of temporary
housing, supporting the reconstructionof the aﬀected municipalities

Evacuation centers/victims

Disaster
response
headquarters
in the affectedmunicipalities

Local support
center in theaffected
municipalities

Disaster
response
headquartersof the affected
prefectures

Local contact
centers of
support-providing
prefectures andordinance
designated cities

The UKG

In the office of the affectedmunicipalities or other location

The local support
headquarters of
the support-providing
prefecture andordinancedesignatedcitiesIn the office ofaffected
prefecture* The shaded box indicate victims and organizations in theaffected area.
* Bold lines indicate the connection of the UKG, UKG
members, and UKG supporters.

Types
Evacuation
Preparation
Information

Description
You need to prepare for the evacuation

Evacuation
Warning

This is issued when the land or building may be damaged
in the area. This warning urges the residents to evacuate.

Evacuation
Order

When this is issued, the situation is more imminent thanwhen the Evacuation Warning is issued. This order orders
the residents to evacuate immediately.

【Earthquake Early Warning】

The Rules When Evacuatingfrom a Tsunami□If you feel a strong tremor or when
there is a tsunami warning, atsunami advisory, or a large-scaletsunami warning has been issued,
immediately stay away from theseashore and evacuate to the safest
place on the coast. If you are in low
land, evacuate to higher ground.
□When a tsunami repeatedly comes,
remain alert until the tsunami
advisory or warning has been lifted.
□Comply with the Evacuation Warning
or Evacuation Order and evacuate
to the emergency evacuation center.

When a disaster happens, workplaces
must tell their employees not to takeunnecessary action, in order to prevent
secondary accidents.

Homecoming Support Station
on Disastrous Occasion

The outline ﬂow of the system of providing andreceiving support
In affected prefectures！

When a disaster occurs, the mayor of your municipality may issue an
Evacuation Warning or Evacuation Order .
The evacuation is urgent and forcible in the ascending order of
Evacuation Preparation Information,
Evacuation Warning, andEvacuation Order.

This warning is issued as soon as possible after an earthquake happens.
The expected time when the strong tremor reaches diﬀerent locations, andthe strength of the seismic tremors, are instructed. It is issued by theMeteorological Agency a few seconds, or less than 20 minutes, after the ﬁrst
strong tremor. After you receive the warning you must stop factorymachines, speed down trains, or take actions to protect yourselves.

Th e E ffo rts fo r
D i s a s te r P re v e n ti o n
a n d M i ti g a ti o n
in Kansai
Tottori Prefecture！ How to Obtain Information at the Time of a Disaster

Hyogo
Prefecture

Useful information is issued via various media at the time of adisaster. You need to pay attention to more than one method to
obtain such information.
◇Mass media news: TV, radio◇Public announcement by the municipality: wirelessactivateddisaster warning system, websites, cable TV, and publicannouncement vehicles◇ Area Mail, an emergency warning via the mobile phone email system

Kyoto
Prefecture

Osaka
Kobe
City
City
Sakai
City
Osaka
Prefecture

Rules When It Is Diﬃcult For You to Return Home

Kansai Outline for Disaster-Relief Work
This guideline is a manual of disaster response
carried out and led by the UKG at the time of an
emergency.
The guideline set out the systems of procedures ofproviding and receiving aid in each field of disaster
response, such as the supply of daily necessities,
dispatch of personnel, evacuation, and building of
temporary housing, thus facilitating a smoothdisaster response in cooperation with the UKG
membergovernments
and
other
relatedorganizations.

Information Necessary in Emergency

1.

Assumed disaster

The Union of Kansai
Governments Rules The Unionof Kansai Governments Rules
Region-wide Plans

Prefectures: Local Disaster
Management Plans

5 Rules in Case of an Earthquake.

The UKG s
actual supportprovidingorganization

National
outpostagencies

National
government
agencies

Companies
andorganizations

Volunteers

Disaster response
headquarters of
support-providing
prefectures andordinance designatedcitiesSupportproviding
municipalities

The UKG
Disaster
response(support)
headquarters

Governors
Association of
the bloc with which
the cooperative
treaty wascompleted

The UKG promotes the project of the
Homecoming Support Station on
Disastrous Occasion in cooperation
with convenience
stores and foodservice providers.
This
stationprovides services(tap water, toilet,
road information)
to people whowalk home at the You can identify a station
time of a disaster.
by the above sticker

The Basic Rule at the Time of a Disaster:Do Not Move Unnecessarily◇Do not move unnecessarily.
If many people begin to walk to return home at the same time, you may
be caught up in the crowd. Many people may fall in the crowd. You may
also be killed or injured by ﬁre or objects falling from buildings.
You may also hinder emergency activities such as ﬁrst aid, rescue, anddelivering urgent supplies. Please keep calm and return home if there
are no large crowds.
◇Prepare items you need to walk home, find a method tocommunicate with your family, and confirm the route you intend
to take to return home.
You should prepare drinking water, emergency food, maps, a torch,and sports shoes at your workplace in case you need to walk home.
◇Learn how to use more than one method to confirm the safety ofyour family: emergency messaging service, mobilephoneemergency messaging service, Web171, etc.
◇Companies must prepare a disaster manual◇Conduct a drill to check/confirm all of the above

We use these guidelines in various disaster prevention
drills, check the results, and improve if necessary.

http://www.kouiki-kansai.jp/kouikibousai/

Shiga
Prefecture

Union of Kansai Governments

SearchHyogo Prefecture, Civil Policy Planning & Administration Department,
Disaster Management & Planning Bureau,
Disaster Management Project Planning Division
5-10-1 Shimoyamate St., Chuo-ku, Kobe City, Hyogo 650-8567
TEL +81-78-362-9815 FAX +81-78-362-9839
E-mail: bousai@kouiki-kansai.jp

The Union of Kansai Governments (UKG) was established in
December 2010 as Japan s ﬁrst region-wide union ofprefectural governments. We aim to deal with the challenges
that spread beyond prefectural borders, thus establishingfoundations of the decentralization of authority.

The Purpose of the Establishment of the UKG● To realize a decentralized system.
● To be a responsible political entity over the entire Kansai region.
● To establish a system to accept secretarial works of regional
branches of the central government agency in the future.

◆We address challenges in the following seven ﬁelds(Bureau).

The Structure of the UKG
The Member Governments Shiga Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Osaka
Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Nara Prefecture (joined in December 2015),
Wakayama Prefecture, Tottori Prefecture, Tokushima Prefecture, Kyoto City,
Osaka City, Sakai City, Kobe City(8 Prefectures and 4 ordinance-designatedcities) *Fukui and Mie Prefectures are UKG Partners.

●Region-wide disaster prevention (Hyogo Prefecture.)●Region-wide industrial promotion (Osaka Prefecture).
●Region-wide environmental conservation (Shiga Prefecture).
●Region-wide staﬀ training (Wakayama Prefecture).
●Region-wide tourism, culture and sport promotion (Kyoto Prefecture).
●Region-wide medical services (Tokushima Prefecture)●Certiﬁcation exams, licensing, etc. (UKG Assembly Bureau)

The Merits of Region-wide Disaster Prevention Eﬀorts
1.
2.
3.

With the UKG as a leader/coordinator of the entire region, it is possible for the UKG to make quicker decisions and provide
faster disaster response for the Kansai region.

4.

It will become easier to conduct region-wide disaster prevention/mitigation projects with other member governments beyond
prefectural borders.

With excellent know-how shared by member governments, it is possible for the UKG to oﬀer a higher quality disaster response.
It will become easier to cooperate with the private sector and national agencies based in the Kansai region and also be possible
for the UKG to provide disaster response more smoothly.

The Roles of the Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce (Ⅰ-Ⅳ)
Ⅰ The drawing up and conducting of the disaster prevention plans, etc.

Nara
Prefecture

Wakayama
Prefecture！ To safely return home at the time of a disaster

Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Oﬃce

Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Portal Website.

Tokushima
Prefecture

Kyoto
City

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Region-wide Disaster Preparedness Portal Website.

http://www.kouiki-kansai.jp/kouikibousai/

The outline of disasterprevention and mitigationplans in Kansai.

As a preparation for the large-scale natural disasters across theregion such as the Nankai Trough Earthquake, that are forecast to
occur in the near future, as well as wind, storms and ﬂoods caused bylarge typhoons, this plan systematically sets out the UKG s policies on
the disaster prevention and mitigation measures, as well as emergent
responses carried out in cooperation with the UKG member entities
and UKG partners.

■The status of the development of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation
Plans in Kansai in each ﬁeld (completed in 4 ﬁelds as of June 2014).
Descriptions

Date

General Policies, Measures against
the Nankai Trough Earthquake and Tsunamis

March 3, 2012

Nankai TroughEarthquake

June 28, 2014

Floods and overﬂow of Yodo River and other majorrivers High tides in the Osaka Bay area caused by anapproaching powerful typhoon Large-scale landslides
caused by a record rainfall

Measures against Storms and Flood

March 3, 2012
Measures against a Nuclear Disaster

Updated:June 29, 2013

Measures against Infectious Diseases

June 28, 2014

Assumed disaster
Earthquake,

Kinki

RegionInlandAccident/disaster at nuclear plants in Fukui Prefecture(Takahama, Oi, Mihama, and Tsuruga), Fast-Breeder
Reactor Research and Development Center (Monju),
and FUGEN Decommissioning Engineer Center

Novel inﬂuenza, etc.

Infectious diseases including novel inﬂuenza (novel
inﬂuenza, re-emerging inﬂuenza), ERIDCC

Avian inﬂuenza, foot-and-mouth diseases

Avian inﬂuenza, foot-and-mouth diseases