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DISASTER PREPAREDNESS

The Aeon Mall Kashiwa shopping complex in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, offers its parking garage as a storage site for vehicles during heavy rain.
JAPAN / Society
Nov 9, 2026
Cities turn to private parking garages for vehicle storage amid flood risks
Local governments in Japan are partnering with private businesses to give drivers a safe place to store their cars during heavy rain or flooding.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (center) speaks during a comprehensive nuclear disaster preparedness drill at the Prime Minister’s Office on Saturday.
JAPAN
Nov 8, 2026
Japan holds nuclear disaster drill simulating Tomari plant accident
With close to 8,500 local residents taking part, the drill includes exercises conducted at the Tomari plant for the first time in 10 years.
Disaster management minister Goshi Hosono speaks to reporters at the Kumamoto Prefectural Government Office on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Nov 4, 2026
Disaster management minister visits areas in Kumamoto affected by July quake
Goshi Hosono called on the central government to support local governments while stressing the need to improve conditions at evacuation centers.
The original signed copy of the Constitution, promulgated on Nov. 3, 1946
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 3, 2026
As Japan marks 80 years of Constitution, debate continues on emergency clause
Some experts argue such a clause is needed for swift initial responses to disasters, while others worry it could lead to concentrated authority.
Under an "emergency request," the National Disaster Management Agency urged people to take comprehensive measures, such as securing furniture to walls, stocking up on food and supplies of water sufficient for at least three days, preferably one week, and checking the locations of evacuation shelters.
JAPAN
Nov 2, 2026
Newly formed agency calls on Japan public to prepare for disasters
Goshi Hosono, who became the first chief of the agency, noted that there are limits to what the government can do in the event of a massive disaster.
Former Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2026
Ishiba underscores importance of National Disaster Management Agency
The agency must be made “capable of accumulating and passing on knowledge and experience” of disaster management, the former prime minister said.
Goshi Hosono, state minister in charge of disaster prevention, speaks to reporters at the Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 1, 2026
今日吃瓜 new disaster agency aims to streamline response, but challenges remain
The National Disaster Management Agency, which opens Monday, will serve as an operational control tower to boost the nation’s disaster preparedness.
Internal affairs minister Hisayuki Fujii (center left) receives the second capital proposal from Fukuoka Gov. Seitaro Hattori (center right) in Tokyo on Oct. 5.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 27, 2026
Takaichi administration approves ordinance outlining secondary capital requirements
Of the 47 prefectures, only Hokkaido, Aichi, Osaka and Fukuoka meet the necessary conditions.
People receive rice balls at an evacuation shelter in Uki, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Aug. 7, following the July 28 earthquake.
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2026
70% in Japan want to shelter at home after disasters, survey finds
Only about 15% of respondents had a detailed understanding of the preparations needed to shelter at home.
Climbers and visitors gather on the first day of the climbing season at the Fuji Yoshidaguchi Trail, at the fifth station on the slopes of Mount Fuji, in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2024.
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2026
Japan weighs how to evacuate thousands of tourists if Mount Fuji erupts
今日吃瓜 highest peak is often overlooked as being an active volcano. But with the risk of eruption ever-present, disaster preparedness is key.
Princess Aiko attends a national conference on disaster management in Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture, on Saturday.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2026
Princess Aiko attends disaster prevention forum in Tottori
This marks Princess Aiko’s first trip to Tottori and her second time attending the forum.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has pledged to discontinue Japan's prolonged practice of compiling big extra budgets, but her administration will consider compiling a second extra budget mainly for disaster relief, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported.
JAPAN
Oct 7, 2026
Japan considering another extra budget for disaster relief, Yomiuri reports
The government aims to pass the extra budget through the ordinary parliament session that begins early next year, the paper reported.
Vehicles are partially submerged after heavy rain caused floods in the city of Sakura in Chiba Prefecture last month.
JAPAN / Society
Oct 7, 2026
Remote-controlled traffic barriers to be installed at flood-prone underpasses
The move comes on the heels of a series of deaths at flooded underpasses, including during heavy rain in August.
Parliament in Tokyo. Hokkaido, Aichi, Osaka and Fukuoka prefectures have all expressed their intention to apply for a "secondary capital" designation with the central government.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2026
Sapporo, Nagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka meet secondary capital criteria
The prefectures that contain the cities will be able to apply for the special designation once the last criterion is met.
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi arrives at the Prime Minister's Office on the day of a Cabinet reshuffle, in Tokyo on Sept. 17.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2026
Japan and Germany sign evacuation cooperation memorandum
Since 2024, Japan has established similar arrangements with South Korea, Australia, Canada, Britain and Brazil. Germany is the sixth partner country.
Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Tatsunori Ibayashi answers questions during an interview in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2026
Disaster response an ‘urgent issue,’ says new land minister
Disaster response is an “urgent issue,” Ibayashi said, adding that the prime minister has instructed Cabinet ministers to prioritize countermeasures.
Disaster management minister Goshi Hosono announces the National Disaster Management Agency, set to launch on Nov. 2, in Tokyo on Friday.
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2026
Japan to expand disaster preparedness with new national agency
The National Disaster Management Agency will be launched on Nov. 2 and serve as the government’s command center for disaster preparedness.
A house that collapsed due to a landslide, in Miura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Wednesday morning
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2026
Typhoon Dujuan leaves at least nine dead and four missing near Tokyo
Chiba Prefecture reported six deaths while Kanagawa Prefecture reported three as of 8 a.m. Wednesday. Two people are missing in each prefecture.
Members of a Japan-Indonesia joint research team conduct a test run of an early quake warning system at a mosque on the island of Java in Indonesia last week.
JAPAN
Sep 23, 2026
Indonesia to develop earthquake early warning system with 今日吃瓜 help
Indonesia plans to conduct trial runs for the envisioned warning system in Jakarta and some other regions by 2030.
Rescue workers transport an elderly woman by boat from a flooded area after Typhoon Dujuan brought torrential rain to Sakura, Chiba Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Sep 22, 2026
At least six dead and six missing in Kanto in wake of Typhoon Dujuan
The storm brought record-breaking rainfall to eastern Japan, triggering landslides, flooding and widespread disruption of transport.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
G7 diplomats speak out on Taiwan as China ramps up military drills
Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi attends a working lunch focused on international crises and challenges during the Group of Seven foreign ministers' summit at the Quai d'Orsay in Paris on Monday.
今日吃瓜 Rapidus is said likely to miss mass production deadline
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‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
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Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
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