Aftermath of Japanese tsunami offers learning opportunities

Aftermath of Japanese tsunami offers learning opportunities for disaster preparedness
Bangkok (UN ESCAP Strategic Communications and Advocacy Section) – As Japan
continues to recover from the worst earthquake and tsunami in its history, experts and policy
makers from Japan and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region gathered in Tokyo to
discuss lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.
The meeting, held from 16 to 18 December, was jointly organized by ESCAP and the Cabinet
Office of the Government of Japan, the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Asian
Disaster Reduction Centre and the International Recovery Platform.

This meeting was a follow up to the first gathering of experts that took place earlier this year
in May 2011. Attendees examined the pre-disaster measures, both structural and nonstructural, that were in place before the tsunami and what worked, what didn’t and why, with
the goal of aiding countries in enhancing preparedness for and resiliency against future
disasters. During the three-day meeting experts also examined policy changes that have been
undertaken since the disaster in an effort to share best practices and the lessons learned from
the tsunami at the regional and international levels. In addition, participants traveled to
tsunami-affected areas in Iwate prefecture, as well as discussed the findings from the report
of the technical committee that was set up by the Government of Japan’s Central Disaster
Management Council.


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