Japan revises laws to allow private firms to forecast disasters
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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