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While both countries have been working together to develop a master plan on flood control measures, Japan offered Thailand the use of a Japanese observation satellite to help avoid a recurrence of the damage caused by the massive flooding of last year...
'This is to prepare and see our strength and infrastructure,' firefighter Atul Garg said. 'We have to see our strength ... and to educate the people,' he added as the exercise marked a strong shift by the city government in its readiness to address earthquake preparations...
The seventh edition of the Global Risks report emphasizes the 'importance of flexibility and resilience in response structures,' giving an example of quickly resumed business after the disaster thanks to networked preparedness...
The panel hopes to release a model for potential major quakes and tsunami next spring. Officials hope that this type of data will encourage local governments to review their disaster preparedness plans...
'Countries should improve their disaster preparedness and response capacities with a special focus on employment and social policies to address natural disasters and reconstruction'...
To independently check the reliability of the tsunami countermeasures, the Shizuoka Prefectural Government formed a tsunami committee within its disaster prevention and nuclear power science council...
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs intends to expand its partnership with Japan through its office in Kobe, itself devastated by the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake, to improve disaster preparedness worldwide...
The Mainichi Daily news reports that the United States plans a special session to discuss ways to strengthen disaster preparedness when ministers from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum gather in Honolulu next month...
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