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“The tragic series of natural hazards that has recently hit Japan reminds us that all countries, rich or poor, are subject to increasing threats from social vulnerability and natural hazards,” said Salvano Briceño, Director of ISDR, the UN secretariat in

ADB’s Ursula Schaefer-Preuss said member-countries must be committed to 'reduce the risks and adequately prepare for the natural disasters that we all know are coming'....

The International Strategy for Disaster Reduction secretariat is opening a new office, the “ISDR Hyogo Office” in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, to work more closely with Japanese institutions that have extensive experience and expertise in disaster risk reduction

This map illustrates Japan's exposure to seismic, volcanic and typhoon hazard.

This leaflet presents the Natural Disaster Youth Summit (NDYS), a project in which children learn the importance of human lives and how to cop with the effect of natural disasters such as earthquakes, wildfires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and so on

The film deals with the behaviour of wooden buildings during earthquakes, the aseismic design of wooden buildings and various reinforcement methods. Real examples of Japanese traditional and modern wooden buildings before and after earthquakes are shown

This publication aims to build awareness for indigenous knowledge as an effective tool for reducing risk from natural hazard-related disasters. By improving the understanding of indigenous knowledge and providing concrete examples of how it can be

Drills took place all across the nation today to mark 'National Disaster Prevention Day' which envisioned earthquakes in the Tonankai and Nankai regions...