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SoraNews24 (All Rights Reserved) is a Tokyo-based news site. In 2008, its sister website, RocketNews24, published its first Japanese-language article, and two years later came the start of this English counterpart, which originally existed exclusively to translate articles from Japanese. SoraNews24 focuses on fun, weird, and intriguing news from Asia, particularly Japan. It now offers coverage on a wide variety of news subjects, such as global news, entertainment, technology, video games, anime, and gourmet food.
Sora is the Japanese word for “sky,” representing its commitment to bringing coverage of modern and traditional culture from Japan and Asia to people around the world, no matter which part of the sky they happen to be living under.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.