There needs to be a backup capital in Japan that can take over Tokyo's functions in an emergency, Yoshimasa Hayashi, a candidate in the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, said in a recent interview. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/26/japan/politics/hayashi-interview-tokyo-backup/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #yoshimasahayashi #ldp #tokyo #nipponishinnokai #osaka #taxes #inflation #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness
The government has held a disaster drill under the assumption that a megaquake had occurred in the Nankai Trough off Japan's Pacific coast. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/01/japan/japan-disaster-prevention-day-drill/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #disasterpreparedness #shigeruishiba #nankaitrough #earthquakes
Japan plans to use state funds to help residents of areas at high risk of fire obtain earthquake-sensitive breakers to prevent blazes caused by short circuits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/28/japan/society/quake-sensitive-breakers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #firefighters
The Japanese government has corrected the number of potential advance evacuees in the event of an alert for a possible megaquake in the Nankai Trough off the country's coast to about 516,000, from 520,000 initially. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/22/japan/japan-corrects-number-of-potential-megaquake-evacuees/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nankaitrough #earthquakes #oita #disasterpreparedness
The Cabinet Office will create a system designed to dispatch personnel with damage assessment experience to affected areas promptly once a disaster occurs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/18/japan/japan-local-governments-disaster-damage-certificates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #disasterpreparedness #localgovernment #cabinetoffice
The government has approved expanded disaster relief to better support the elderly and people with disabilities during emergencies, including armed attacks. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/29/japan/politics/armed-attacks-aid-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #health #stateofemergency #elderly #disasterpreparedness
Emergency Preparedness Tip:
Put your local fire department and police department dispatch numbers (non-911) into your phone.
Lots of 911 outages recently; if you have phone service still and need to call for help, it's useful to have them in your phone. (won't help you if your cell towers/etc. go down of course)
Work to consolidate public facilities is gaining momentum amid a growing need to make more efficient use of public spaces like city halls and libraries as Japan's population continues to fall. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/16/japan/consolidating-public-facilities/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #localgovernment #depopulation #disasterpreparedness
Nearly half of respondents living in the earthquake-hit Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture believe that a digital divide was evident right after the January 2024 disaster, a survey has shown. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/11/japan/noto-digital-divide/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #notopeninsula #ishikawa #surveys #earthquakes #internet #disasterpreparedness
Japan's infrastructure ministry is aiming to replace utility poles on emergency transport routes in urban areas with underground power cables by fiscal 2030. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/07/japan/eliminating-utility-poles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #utilities #electricity #mlit #disasterpreparedness
As Japan gears up for the July 20 Upper House election, there is a noticeable lack of debate among political parties about boosting the country's disaster resilience, with all sides striking a similar tone. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/05/japan/politics/disaster-management-upper-house/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #disasterpreparedness #ldp #komeito #cdp #dpp #nipponishin #2025upperhouseelection
People mourned the 28 victims of a 2021 major mudslide that struck Atami, Shizuoka Prefecture, in a memorial ceremony on Thursday, the fourth anniversary of the disaster. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/03/japan/japan-landslide-memorial/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #shizuoka #atami #landslides #rainyseason #disasterpreparedness
In the first update to a disaster-prevention basic plan since it was created in 2014, the government adopted a 10-year plan to reduce the death toll resulting from a Nankai Trough megaquake by 80%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/02/japan/nankai-quake-deaths-reduction-strategy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #earthquakes #tsunami #disasterpreparedness #nankaitrough
The government plans to study how food trucks owned by local governments and dispatched to serve hot meals following disasters can be used at other times. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/01/japan/disaster-food-trucks-expansion/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #food #trucks #localgovernment #disasterpreparedness
The Environment Ministry is considering setting up a special institution to facilitate local government work to handle waste left by a big natural disasters such as earthquakes and typhoons. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/29/japan/politics/disaster-waste-management-body/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #earthquakes #disasterpreparedness #waste
My evaluation of resilient and disturbed means of communication started today #meshnetworks. I received my #LoRa radio board and installed #meshcore. No contact to other nodes yet, but I’m also not sure what to expect. Let’s see how it goes…
The next step will be #reticulum, but it looks too advanced to be a good starting point for me.
#emergencypreparedness #disasterpreparedness #disasterrelief #solarpunk
A government working group Monday unveiled a report underlining the need to consider a legal system aimed at regulating social media monetization during natural disasters. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/japan/politics/social-media-monetization-disaster/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #internalaffairsministry #socialmedia #disasterpreparedness #ai #fakenews