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Japan revises laws to allow private firms to forecast disasters

Source(s): NHK World, Japan International Broadcasting
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Japan's Diet has revised legislation so that weather companies and other private businesses that pass screening can forecast floods and mudslides.

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Previously, research institutions and private firms in Japan had not been allowed to forecast natural disasters due to difficulties in making accurate predictions.

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The central government also now provides its flood prediction data to prefectural governments, so that private firms will be able to issue notices on long-term risks and localized disaster-control information.

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Themes Early warning Private sector
Country and region Japan
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