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India to host overseas trial of Japan's disaster early warning system

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The system is mainly aimed at mitigating the potential impacts of natural disasters on Japanese manufacturers’ production and supply chains, while also contributing to other Asian countries’ disaster prevention efforts.

Japan is set to conduct a crucial trial of its disaster management system in India later this year. This would be the first overseas trial of the warning system that would cover the entire Asia-Pacific region, Japanese media reported on Monday. 

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"In addition to sending warnings, the system has been used to connect computers at mock evacuation shelters and a disaster response center," [Asian Disaster Response Center] officials added.

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India and Japan have also been jointly working on seven targets on disaster mitigation under the Sendai Framework which is the first major agreement of the post-2015 UN development agenda.

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