Japan launches new national agency to deal with disasters
- TOKYO: Japan on Monday (Nov 2) launched a new national agency focused on disaster management with the goal of making the country better prepared if there's a megaquake along the Pacific coast or in Tokyo, or an eruption of Mount Fuji.
- More than 350 workers at the National Disaster Management Agency will oversee preparedness, emergency response and reconstruction efforts.
- The agency is not being created in anticipation of any specific calamity, but rather is meant to fill a gap amid worries about whether the nation is prepared for a crisis along the lines of the 2011 quake and tsunami in northern
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- TOKYO: Japan on Monday (Nov 2) launched a new national agency focused on disaster management with the goal of making the country better prepared if there's a megaquake along the Pacific coast or in Tokyo, or an eruption of Mount Fuji.
- More than 350 workers at the National Disaster Management Agency will oversee preparedness, emergency response and reconstruction efforts.
- The agency is not being created in anticipation of any specific calamity, but rather is meant to fill a gap amid worries about whether the nation is prepared for a crisis along the lines of the 2011 quake and tsunami in northern
Sources: CNA