Guard) also delivered a total of 189,766 liters of potable water in Kumamoto Port, Misumi Port, and Yatsushiro Port between April 16 and May 13, 2016.

To deliver goods (potable water, provisions, medical supplies, sanitary supplies, and more), vessels belonging to various regional development bureaus also made successive port calls in Beppu Port, Oita Port, Hakata Port, and other ports throughout Kyushu. Private-sector ferry operators also delivered a total of 87,000 liters of potable water at a pier near a movable bridge in Kumamoto Port and transported goods.

## (3) Support for search and rescue at airports

To provide support for search-and-rescue operations by aircraft, around-the-clock air-traffic control functions were operated $ {^{Note 7}} $ to provide support for the operations of aircraft (belonging to the Self-Defense Forces, U.S. military, and private-sector cargo carriers) engaged in dispatching disaster medical assistance teams (DMATs), search-and-rescue operations, and the transportation of relief goods.

## (4) Securing secondary evacuation sites and providing life support

The MLIT submitted requests to accommodations-related organizations for their cooperation in getting inns and hotels to accept disaster victims. As of May 16, 2016, it has been determined that 1,768 persons can be housed at inns and hotels in Kumamoto, Fukuoka, Saga, Nagasaki, Miyazaki, and Kagoshima.

As a project of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Defense began providing accommodations, meals, and bathing services on board the Hakuo, a private-sector vessel contracted through a private-finance initiative (PFI) to serve as a resting facility in Yatsushiro Port on April 23, 2016, with the backing of the Ministry of Defense and the Self-Defense Forces. This facility was used by 2,092 persons by May 17 of the same year. The MLIT supported this initiative by helping draw and communicate with users and provide support for docking purposes. In addition to the provision of bathing services to 6,323 people on board patrol vessels (belonging to the Japan Coast Guard) in Kumamoto Port, Misumi Port, and Yatsushiro Port, bathing services were also provided in Misumi Port on board large dredging and oil-recovery vessels.

Evacuation center washrooms are visited and inspected by officials with the MLIT. Emergency measures are taken for washrooms that are found to be defective and efforts have otherwise been undertaken to improve the environment in which evacuation center washrooms operate.

## (5) Emergency safety checks performed on buildings and assessing the risks posed by dwellings

In order to support affected local governments engaged in the task of performing postearthquake quick inspections on buildings and assessing the risks posed by dwellings, the MLIT has submitted requests to local governments nationwide to have experts dispatched, as well as dispatched its own staff members to perform 54,028 checks on buildings in eighteen municipalities $ {}^{Note\ 8} $ (as of May 16, 2016) and 15,656 assessments on dwellings in five municipalities $ {}^{Note\ 9} $ (as of May 15, 2016).

## (6) Securing temporary housing

In order to enable evacuees to resume their pre-evacuation lives as soon as possible, the MLIT submitted a request to the Japan Prefabricated Construction Suppliers and Manufacturers Association to make preparations to be able to respond promptly to a request made by a prefectural government for temporary housing. Construction on 1,192 dwellings in thirteen municipalities (Nishihara Village, Kosa Town, Mashiki Town, Kashima Town, Uto City, Uki City, Mifune Town, Minami-Aso Village, Ozu Town, Yamato Town, Kumamoto City, Aso City, and Hikawa Town) has begun (as of May 16, 2016) and construction is slated to begin immediately in response to requests received from municipalities.

With respect to private rental housing, a request was submitted to a real estate industry organization on April 17, 2016, for cooperation required in connection with the provision of information on private-sector rental housing to disaster-