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▼ Japan, Foreign Forces Discuss Disaster Countermeasures For Olympics
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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force on Wednesday discussed disaster countermeasures with foreign forces ahead of the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics next summer.
The meeting was held at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo with logistics personnel from 25 countries, including Britain, Indonesia and Turkey, sharing expertize on disaster response. Particular reference was placed on powerful earthquakes and heavy rain that could strike Japan during the games.
The Olympics will be held in the Japanese capital from July 24 through Aug. 9 followed by the Paralympics from Aug. 25 to Sept. 6.
Hiroki Kobayashi, chief of the GSDF's logistics plan, asked for knowledge to be shared from the participants, before a series of recent disasters that ravaged Japan and how the country responded to their aftermath was highlighted.
The representative from Britain, which hosted the 2012 Summer Games in London, stressed the importance of communications within the military and between the government and other involved parties.
In 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, while Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan was hit by another quake in 2016 that registered the highest reading of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale.
In October this year, Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Japan's main island of Honshu, which left about 90 people dead and flooded tens of thousands of homes.
The meeting was held at the Defense Ministry in Tokyo with logistics personnel from 25 countries, including Britain, Indonesia and Turkey, sharing expertize on disaster response. Particular reference was placed on powerful earthquakes and heavy rain that could strike Japan during the games.
The Olympics will be held in the Japanese capital from July 24 through Aug. 9 followed by the Paralympics from Aug. 25 to Sept. 6.
Hiroki Kobayashi, chief of the GSDF's logistics plan, asked for knowledge to be shared from the participants, before a series of recent disasters that ravaged Japan and how the country responded to their aftermath was highlighted.
The representative from Britain, which hosted the 2012 Summer Games in London, stressed the importance of communications within the military and between the government and other involved parties.
In 2011, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeastern Japan, while Kumamoto Prefecture in southwestern Japan was hit by another quake in 2016 that registered the highest reading of 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale.
In October this year, Typhoon Hagibis made landfall on Japan's main island of Honshu, which left about 90 people dead and flooded tens of thousands of homes.
- November 20, 2019
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