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Japan needs better tsunami infrastructure: expert

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The impact of the recent tsunami may have been reduced if Japan had spent more on infrastructure, said Fumihiko Imamura, a professor at Tohoku University's Disaster Control Research Center, in an interview with Reuters yesterday.

"We cooperate with the government on tsunami countermeasures, but there has been less financing and sometimes there isn't enough for the construction of structural measures," Imamura said in an interview on Sunday.

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Hazards Tsunami
Themes Urban risk and planning Governance Economics of DRR Structural safety
Country and region Japan
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