LEARNING ON DISASTER
MANAGEMENT IN JAPANNATURAL DISASTER IN JAPANFLOOD
EARTHQUAKETYPHOONTSUNAMIFIREVOLCANOLANDSLIDEOTHER

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List of Places for researching Study
1-Nojima Fault Preservation Museum
2-Lake Biwa Museum
3- Edo-Tokyo Museum
4- Bosai-Kan Life Safety Learning Center
5- Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, Kanto District office
6- NHK Headquarter
7-Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
8- Cabinet office:9-Hyogo Prefecture Government Disaster Management Office
10-Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Research Center
11-3D Full-Scale Earthquake Testing Facility
12-Mount Ungen-Fugen Memorial Hall, Nagasaki
13-Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum

Flood Disaster Management in Lake Biwa
Disaster Prevention-Mitigation-Sustainable Development•Countermeasure of FloodManagement•Lake Water Utilization•A Comprehensive
Development for Lake Biwa

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History of flood control•In 1961 the project of construction of New Seta River weir
was completed. It is the part of Seta river improvement
plan.
•The weir can discharge and block the waters much more
quickly and accuratly to control discharge and• stopped the flooding in the Lake Biwa areas

The old weir in the Seta River, now we can see only some part of it3History of flood control•In 1972, a comprehansive development project for
the lake was launched with 3 important projects:
1.Environmental conservation
2.Flood Control
3.Water Utilization

The new water control weir in the Seta River4

SABO Project in the Seta River•Hillside Work
Planning tree on the step slope so developed roots ofthe trees will restrain the soil and prevent slides
The part of reducing the amount of water flow in to
the river andSpeed down the flowing of the water in each time
heavy rain

The dam was built in 1878
Holland dam in the upper reaches of the Kusatsu River5•Sabo Dams
-The dams is used to block large rock and stone,
allowing only fine sand to pass though the dam-The dams are useful when a river swells due to heavy
rains and sediment on the torrent bed are flushed out

Comparison between before and after SABO Project6

Public awarenessBosai-Kan Life Safety Learning Center
The objective of the Center is to educate and train the people
about disasters and techniques to face them effectively suchas successful evacuation, effective firefighting, and first aid
treatment.
The Center has many Sections, which include First AidSection, Smoke Maze Section, Question and Answer Section,Community Corner, Earthquake Simulation Section,Emergency Report Training Section, Rainstorm Simulation
Section, Fire Fighting Training Section, besides a Theater.
The Center was a great practical learning experience about
the simple technique to face the disasters.

How to save our self and rescue the victim

7Lesson learn & Experiences from theEarthquake
Nojima Fault Preservation Museum-After earthquake 1995, Japanese Government have taken allmeasures and used all means and its resources with supportingfrom other countries and local humanitarian organization in theimplementation of immediate rehabilitation and reconstruction.
-From the experiences of the 1995 earthquake, the Japanese
Government need to concentrate more on disaster prevention,preparedness and mitigation.
-Keeping some parts of the evidence of damage of earthquake
1995 for showing to the next generation to understand about what
had occurred.

How the earthquake move and consequent?

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Lesson learn & Experiences from theVolcanic-The volcanic activities in
the Mount Ungen-Fugen
began in November 1990
and over in June 1996
-Mitigation the areas byconstructed Retaining wallfor protecting from big rockpieces fall down from thetop of the mountain

The Control Room , 24Hours/day and 365day working

9Disaster Information & Publishing Management System

NHK Headquarter
The functioning and network of Nippon Hoso Kyokai(NHK ),which is a sole public broadcaster in Japan.
NHK,with its HQ in Tykyo, has 54 regional Stations
throughout the country and 32 bureaus abroad.
Cooperate with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure andTransportation, Kanto District office, for Disaster forecasting

Disaster Forecasting & Early warning System
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)-The main activities, to issue the weather forecasting in shortrange, one week, and long range; warning against typhoons
and heavy rains/snowfall; warning/forecasting against
tsunami, storm surge, ocean waves and flood; and to provide
information on earthquake and volcanic activities.
-To improve the forecast, facilitate the climate-relatedactivities and making special efforts in the areas of tsunami
and earthquake prediction system.
-The Upper-air observations, Weather Radar observations,
Meteorological Satellite observations and Oceanographic andMarine Meteorological observations.

10Learning on National
Level EmergencyCountermeasures

Emergency Meeting RoomDisaster Management Division
Hyogo Prefecture Government-Strengthening the Disaster Management System after Great
Hanshin-Awaji Island Earthquake-Constructing the new building resistant to the earthquake for thePrefecture Disaster Management headquarter-3 stage of Response & Emergency
Stage1:3 hour for Concentrate on rescue
Stage2:3 days for gathering information & planning
Stage3:30 days for supporting-24hours and 365 days monitoring

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International Cooperation in Disaster Management
Japan International Cooperation Agency( JICA )-office of Japan
Relief Team(JDR)
International Disaster Relief System of Japan. Government of Japan isproviding international relief to countries affected by major disasters likeearthquakes and floods with three kind of assistance Financial Aid,Personnel aid and Material aid.
Explaining the mechanism for extending such assistance by theGovernment of Japan, a formal request should come either by theaffected country or by international organizations to the Embassy ofJapan in that country or any other Government office.
The request is notified and processed further by the Ministry ofForeign Affairs in consultation with Ministry of Finance and other relatedagencies.

Conclusion-The main disasters in Japan are Earthquake, Typhoon, Fire,
Landslide-Disaster Management is very effective from top level to thegrassroots-After the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake of 1995 Japanese
Government take more actions to strengthen and improve risk
Management including research and development in disastercountermeasures-Setup many Memorial Houses for educating young generation
about what have occurred-With large amount of budget was allocated in disaster preparedness
and mitigation sector-International Cooperation

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Action Plan
-A general public awareness to NCDM and PCDM staff about
Disaster Management in Japan-Create NCDM WebPages-Update information for sharing with ADRC
-Joint the cooperative project between ADRC & NCDM

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