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Global warming caused by human activities raised the probability of record high temperatures across Japan this summer by 240 times compared to the expected chances in the absence of global warming, a Japanese research team announced.
Students at Wakayama University in west Japan have created a booklet on disaster prevention knowledge in "easy Japanese" for children with foreign roots.
The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive, an online portal site run by the National Diet Library, had some 4.45 million disaster-related digital items.
Japan launched "Edogawa City Hazard Map" to raise public awareness and protect people from disasters. The map indicates the safe areas that are free of flood.
Hiroshima government developed a multilingual app to provide users with the fastest route to an evacuation center during a disaster.
Scientists from Osaka University have identified the cause of the 2011 Japan tsunami in newly published research. Following the results of their study, the analysis of fault lines may improve the ability to forecast the size or intensity of tsunamis and earthquakes.
The Japanese government has decided to forgo setting standards for certifying deaths in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake as disaster-related. The government says such standards could clash with local governments' certifications, and intends to define cases where local bodies have paid condolence money as 'disaster-related deaths.'
New research warns that damage from floods due to climate-induced sea level rise could globally reach up to U.S. $482 billion by 2100. Emphasising long-term planning, the researchers say this damage could be reduced by 60 to 70 percent if 1-metre high dikes were to be built, but the cost of construction could be as much as $203 billion.
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