1 Responding to Weather Disasters Getting More Serious and Imminent Giant Earthquakes……257
2 Shaping National Land that is Safe and Resilient to Disasters and Enhancing and Strengthening the Framework of Preparedness for Crisis Management……261
3 Secure Transportation Systems Resistant to Disasters……287
Section 3 Ensuring the Safety of Architecture……288
Section 4 Strengthening Safety Measures in the Transport Sector……289
1 Building and improving the safety management system in public transportation……289
2 Railway Transportation Safety Measures……290
3 Safety Measures for Maritime Traffic……292
4 Air Traffic Safety Measures……295
5 Determining the Causes of Aircraft, Railway, and Marine Accidents/Serious Incidents and Preventing Recurrence……298
6 Support for Victims and Families of Public Transport Accidents……298
7 Safety measures for road traffic……299
Section 5 Crisis Management and Security Measures……304
1 Primoting Crime and Terrorism Counter-measures……304
2 Establishing a Response System for Accident Disasters……308
3 Strengthening the Coast Guard System……308
4 National Security and Protection of Citizen’s Lives and Assets……309
5 Infectious Disease Measures……310
Chapter 8 Creating and Preserving a Beautiful and Healthy Environment……311
Section 1 Promoting Global Warming Countermeasures……311
1 Implementing Global Warming Countermeasures……311
2 Promoting Global Warming Countermeasures (Mitigation Measures)……312
3 Promotion of the Use of Renewable Energy……316
4 Promotion of Global Warming Countermeasures (Adaptation measures)……319
Section 2 Promoting the creation of a recycling society……319
1 Advancing recycling in construction……319
2 Constructing a resource recycling logistics system……320
3 Recycling vehicles and marine vessels……321
4 Efforts in Green Procurement……322
5 Promoting the use of wooden building materials……323
Section 3 National land development that revives and preserves the natural environment……323
1 Initiatives for preserving biodiversity……323
2 Creating rich and beautiful river environments……323
3 Preserving and improving coastal environments……325
4 Greening port and harbor administration……325
5 Greening roads and promoting natural environmental measures……327
Section 4 Maintenance or Recovery of a Healthy Water Cycle……327
1 Observing and monitoring the global environment……337
2 Research and Prediction of the Global Environment……339
3 Promoting Global Mapping Project and the world geodetic network……339
Chapter 9 Strengthening Strategic International Expansion and Contributions……340
Section 1 Promoting the Export of Infrastructure Systems……340
1 General Direction of Government Policy……340
2 Initiatives of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism……340
5 Determining the Causes of Aircraft, Railway, and Marine Accidents/Serious Incidents and Preventing Recurrence……298
6 Support for Victims and Families of Public Transport Accidents……298
7 Safety measures for road traffic……299
Section 5 Crisis Management and Security Measures……304
1 Primoting Crime and Terrorism Counter-measures……304
2 Establishing a Response System for Accident Disasters……308
3 Strengthening the Coast Guard System……308
4 Realizing amenity by promoting improvements to sanitary drainage……330
Section 6 Improving living environments by preventing atmospheric and noise pollution……334
1 Policies for environmental issues related to road traffic……334
2 Environmental measures for airports and surrounding areas……335
3 Countermeasures for Railway Noise……335
4 Countermeasures for urban heat islands……335
5 Countermeasures for sick building syndrome and soil contamination……336
6 Environmental measures in construction……337
Section 7 Observing, Monitoring, and Forecasting Changes in the Global Environment……337
1 Observing and monitoring the global environment……337
2 Research and Prediction of the Global Environment……339
3 Promoting Global Mapping Project and the world geodetic network……339