2014年12月4日 GMA News "10-15k Tacloban residents preemptively evacuated
amid Ruby threat"(Link)
2014年12月8日 Reuters "UPDATE 3-Philippine capital braces for storm, as
Hagupit leaves 27 dead"(Link)
2014年12月11日 The Weather Channel "Former Super Typhoon Hagupit (Ruby)
Moves Away from Philippines" (Link)
2014年12月14日 RW(AFP) "32 dead, 76 missing in Indonesian landslide" (Link)
2014年12月15日 RW(AFP) "Indonesian landslide death toll rises to 56"
(Link)
2014年12月18日 Jakarta Post "Death toll in Banjarnegara landslide rises
to 83" (Link)
2014年12月29日 The Weather Channel "Tropical Storm Jangmi (Seniang) Brings
Flooding, Landslides to Philippines; 54 Dead, 260,000 Affected By Storm"
(Link)
2014年12月29日 International Business Times "Tropical Storm Seniang: Thousands
Evacuated As Strong Winds Hit Southern Philippines, 2 Dead" (Link)
2015年1月3日 Philstar "Seniang evacuees without water, power, food for
days" (Link)
2015年1月13日 BBC "Scores killed as floods hit Malawi and Mozambique"(Link)
2015年1月25日 RW(UNOCHA) "Malawi: 2015 Floods Humanitarian Situation (as
of 23 January 2015)" (Link)
2015年2月2日 RW(AFP) "Death toll in Mozambique floods rises to 159"
(Link)
The 1st Indonesia-Japan Disaster Management Collaboration Dialogue Workshop
was heldin Jakarta, Indonesia on November 27, 2014. The persons in charge, from the Ministry of Public Works and Public Housing,
and National Disaster Management Authority on the Indonesian side, and
from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT),
and 36 private companies on the Japanese side, participated in the workshop.
They exchanged information and their opinions about initiatives taken in
both countries, challenges, and technologies regarding the following two
themes "subsidence and flood management in Jakarta" and "Coordination and
cooperation among related organizations regarding Jakarta flooding"
The 2nd Myanmar-Japan Disaster Management Collaboration Dialogue Workshop was held in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, from February 9 through 10, 2015. The persons from the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, and Ministry of Transport on the Myanmar side, and the MLIT, JICA, and 20 private companies on the Japanese side, took part in the workshop. The Myanmar side made presentations about policies and challenges in Myanmar regarding such issues as 1) integrated water resources management, 2) flood forecasting and warning, and 3) Emergency Operation Center. Also, the Japanese side introduced 1) integrated water resources management, 2) flood forecasting and warning in Japan and the technologies, and 3) importance of information sharing in disaster management and the technologies.
U.S.–Japan Symposium on damage mitigation of large-scale water related disasters was held at Tokyo Center, Kansai University on Feb. 12, 2015, having Mr. James Kish from FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency
After the
report about investigation on disaster response to Hurricane Sandy in the U.S.
(Oct. 2012) by Mr. Tomoo Inoue, Director,
Seacoast Office, MLIT, Mr. Kish made a keynote speech entitled "FEMA’s
Capability Development – From Hurricane Katrina to Hurricane Sandy." Then, Dr.
Yoshiaki Kawata, Professor at Kansai University lectured on the need to make
the shift to the "countermeasure-oriented society," and Mr. Koji Ikeuchi,
Director General, Water and Disaster Management Bureau, MLIT explained
about the disaster prevention and mitigation measures at the "New Stage" where the
feature of rainfall has changed.
In the second half of the symposium, the panel
discussion entitled "Consideration
of disaster management on private sectors in preparation for large-scale water
related disasters" was held and 4 panelists, Dr. Haruo Hayashi, Professor at Kyoto
University, Dr. Kenji Watanabe, Professor at Nagoya
Institute of Technology, Mr. Koichi Takahashi, Director and General Manager,
Risk Consulting Department, Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Risk Management, and Mr.
Ikeuchi, discussed the issue of delay in establishment of Business Continuity Management (BCM)
on water related disasters and its countermeasures, moderated by Mr. Ichiro
Matsuo, Deputy Director, Research Institute for Disaster Mitigation and
Environmental Studies.
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