Japan’s View to the Urban Resilience for
Water Risks in the Asia-Pacific region- High-level Policy Needs 30 September, 2022
FURUICHI Hidenori
Director, International Affairs Office, River Planning Division,
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT), Japan
15th Asia-Oceania Group on Earth Observation (AOGEO) SymposiumSpecial session 5: Enhancing Resilience for Water Risks:
Seeking opportunities for further collaboration
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism

MLIT’s Mission in Water Risks in Japan
MLIT is responsible for policy making, planning, coordination among stakeholders,infrastructure development, risk evaluation & sharing, emergency disaster
response, recovery and reconstruction for Water Risks(*).
(*Flood, Drought, Land Slide, Tsunami etc.)
Disaster Prevention andPreparedness

Infrastructure Development

Sharing Risk Information
Disaster Risk Education

Disaster Emergency Response

Disaster Recovery andReconstruction

Flood Water Discharge by Pump

Emergency Repair ofDamaged Embankment

Damage Investigation by Specialist

Technical Support for RecoveryWe recognize….
Priority of the Water-related Disaster Risk
Reduction tends to be lower than the othersectors in many countries.

Source: EM-DAT & UNDRR4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit■Date: 23rd (Sat) and 24th (Sun) April, 2022
■Venue: Kumamoto City, Japan■Organizers: Asia-Pacific Water Forum and Kumamoto City
* The Government of Japan provides necessary cooperation based on the cabinet approval.

■Theme: Water for Sustainable Development- Best Practices and the Next Generation -Result of the Water Summit◆Approximately 5,500 participants*1 including online with the Heads and Ministers ofState and Government from 30 countries in the Asia-Pacific region discussed variouswater-related issues in this Water Summit.
◆His Majesty the Emperor of Japan gave his Remarks and Commemorative Speech atthe Opening Ceremony, after that Mr. Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan, announced“Kumamoto Initiative for Water”, and “Kumamoto declaration” expressed thedetermination by the Heads of State and Government was adapted at the Heads ofState and Government Meeting.
◆Nine Thematic Sessions, four Integrated Sessions and two Special Sessions were
held to discuss concrete actions to the inquiry by the Heads of State and Governmentof “Kumamoto declaration”, and “Chair’s Summary” summarizing the answers fromthe Sessions to the inquiry was announced at the Closing Ceremony.

The scene of the beginning of theHeads of State and Government Meeting

Thematic Sessions
1 - “Water and Disaster/Climate Change”
2 - “Water Supply”
3 - “Water and the Environment from
Source to Sea”
4 - “Water and Poverty/Gender”
5 - “Water & Sanitation/Wastewater
Management”
6 - “Youth Leadership & Innovation byYouth”
7 - “Water and Food”
8 - “Water, Culture and Peace”
9 - “Sound Water Cycle including
Groundwater”

Integrated Sessions“Overall “Science & Technology”“Governance”
IntegrationSession”“Finance”

Special Sessions“Showcase”“Small Islands State Session”

Kumamoto Declaration (Extract)
Water sector plays a vital role in recovering from thepandemic.
Recovery from the pandemic requires
transformation into quality-oriented societiesthat are resilient, sustainable and inclusive.
To realize a quality-oriented society, we develop
quality infrastructure for the water sector byaccelerating efforts of improving governance,
promoting investment and providing science andtechnology innovations.

Kumamoto Initiative for Water (Extract)
Japan contribute to the solution of water-related social
issues faced by the Asia-Pacific region by developing“Quality Infrastructure”
1. Promoting both climate change adaptation and mitigation
measures- Develop and provide hybrid technology to develop dams,
sewerage systems and agricultural facilities to reduce water-related
disaster risks for climate change adaptation and also to reducegreenhouse gas emissions for climate change mitigation.
- Provide satellite data to fill gaps of ground observation data.
- Sophisticate the evaluation of water-related disaster risks by theuse of AI/IoT-based forecast and analysis technologies.
- Support human resource development.

Flood Simulation for the Risk Evaluation
We can’t improve the quality infrastructure if we don’t know where the risks are.
We can’t find the risks if we don’t have the flood simulation.
We can’t do the flood simulation if we don’t have technical skills and necessary data.
Capacity Building

Satellite Observation Data

Data Integration& Analysis System

Training
Program

Necessary Data
Surface Elevation Data

Land Use Data
Precipitation Data
*Real Time
*Climate Change Projection
These data can be obtainedby satellite observation

Flood Simulation(Rainfall-Runoff-Inundation Model)

Flood Risk Map& Flood Hazard Map