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Message for 2024
Vol. 370
January2024
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Message for 2024

HAMADA Masanori
Asian Disaster Reduction
Center Chairperson
Promoting Cooperation
with AffiliatedInstitutions¶ Implementation of thePilot Project on Utilizationof the ICT for CBDRM inMalaysia: Review of theActivities¶ JICA Knowledge CoCreation Program (Group& Region Focus):
Promotion ofMainstreaming Disaster
Risk Reduction JFY 2023
¶ GLIDE Steering

Committee Meeting
Recent Disasters in Asia
2024 Noto Peninsula
Earthquake (Japan)

January 2024
As we enter the year 2024, I wish the Memberand Advisor countries of Asian DisasterReduction Center (ADRC) a peaceful and sereneyear ahead of us.
On the first of January, an earthquake ofmagnitude of 7.6 struck the area around off thecoast of Ishikawa Prefecture located along thecoast of Sea of Japan. The earthquake has killed
or left missing more than 250 people.
Last year, there was also the earthquake ofmagnitude 7.8 near the border of Türkiye andSyria causing more than 50,000 casualties.
The losses of lives by these two earthquakes
were mainly caused by destruction of houses
with low earthquake resistance. They reminded
us that there are still many buildings and houses
remaining in the world, especially in Asia, thatare not sufficiently resilient nor reinforced for earthquakes.
On top of the earthquakes, numerous meteorological disasters that can beassumed to be triggered by global warming have occurred. The flood in Libya,
north Africa that occurred last September left 16,000 people dead or missing.
Approximately 100 inhabitants of the Maui Island of Hawaii lost their lives to thewildfire in August.
Since its establishment in 1998, ADRC has dedicated itself to reducing disasterrisks in the Asian region by taking initiatives mainly aimed at providing
information on disaster risk reduction (DRR), supporting the improvement of DRR
capacities in communities, and developing human resource in the field of DRR in
the Member countries. Its role and responsibility have become even greater as thenumber of disasters in the Asian region increases. Under the support andcooperation from the Member and Advisor countries, all its staff members arecommitted again for the year 2024 to do their best to achieve the Center’s mission
we have set at the time of establishment. I appreciate your continuous support toADRC.
HAMADA Masanori
Asian Disaster Reduction Center Chairperson

Asian DisasterReduction Center
Higashikan 5F, 1-5-2
Wakinohamakaigan-dori,Chuo-ku, Kobe
651-0073 Japan
Tel: 078-262-5540
Fax: 078-262-5546
editor@adrc.asia
https://www.adrc.asia© ADRC 2024

● Promoting Cooperation with Affiliated Institutions
Implementation of the Pilot Project on Utilization of the ICT for CBDRM inMalaysia: Review of the Activities

On 4 and 5 December 2023, ADRC organized the review meetings with the target
communities, and district and state governments to evaluate the simulation of ICT
tools prepared for the pilot project for CBDRM that was held in October.
Most stakeholders responded very positively to the tools and agreed to workwith us in the future, recognising that the tools have the potential to revolutionise
disaster response and to enhance disaster management capacity at the local level.
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The meeting to report the outcomes of the project to the ASEAN member states will be held in Februaryor March 2024. We also plan to discuss on the next project with the stakeholders.

Review meeting with stakeholders

JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program (Group & Region Focus): Promotion of Mainstreaming
Disaster Risk Reduction JFY 2023

ADRC conducted the JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program (Group & Region Focus): “Promotion ofMainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction JFY 2023” from 20 November to 13 December 2023. A total of ten
officials from disaster risk management organizations in the Pacific island and Asian countries participatedin this program to learn about disaster management policies and measures based on the approach of theMainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction.
They attended lectures by experts from organizations in the field, including the Ministry of Land,Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, local government and research institutes. They also visited sites inTokyo, Gifu and Hyogo prefectures. During the program period, a total of four discussion sessions were held
to exchange opinions between participants and experts. At the end of the program, the participants presented
their action plan based on their findings.
ADRC would like to express its sincerest gratitude to all the organizations and universities that
contributed to the success of the program.

Lecture by the Tajimi Sabo National Highway Office and site-visit

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GLIDE Steering Committee Meeting

On 7 December 2023, the GLIDE Steering Committee Meeting was held online with participation of 25
participants from 9 organizations. In the meeting, chaired by Prof. ONO Yuichi, we shared the recent
updates of GLIDE as well as those from member organizations; CRED and UNDRR. Participants discussed
over the activities for 2024 and confirmed their cooperation in the coming GLIDE development andapplication agenda.
● Recent Disasters in Asia
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (Japan)

On Monday, 1 January 2024, at 16:10 (Japan Standard Time), a magnitude 7.6 earthquake was observed
over a wide area on the Sea of Japan side, with a maximum intensity of 7 (JMA seismic intensity) on theNoto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture (GLIDE No. EQ-2024-000001-JPN). The earthquake also caused
tsunamis of various sizes that was observed over a wide area from Hokkaido to Kyushu, mainly in coastal
areas close to the epicentre. The earthquake and tsunami caused many casualties, collapse of houses andbuildings, fires and landslides.
ADRC has been collecting information on this disaster from immediately after the disaster and isdisseminating a wide range of information in English (as well as in Japanese) on its website. For more
information on the event, please visit the following websites.
Summary information on the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (in English only)* On the page of Large-scale Disaster Reports, updated as necessary
https://www.adrc.asia/publications/disaster_report/index.php

Summary information on the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake (as of 24 January 2024)

Latest Disaster Information (updated regularly):(English) https://www.adrc.asia/view_disaster_en.php?NationCode=392&Lang=en&Key=2653(Japanese) https://www.adrc.asia/view_disaster_jp.php?NationCode=392&Lang=jp&Key=2653

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