Japan

Responses

Adaptation Disaster Risk Management

Instruments

Direct Investment

Early warning systems

Governance

MRV

Information

Education, training and knowledge dissemination

Keywords

Adaptation Industry Institutions / Administrative Arrangements Buildings

Fundamental Plan for National Resilience

Executive

Plan

Passed in 2018

This plan defines four overarching principles governing resilience in Japan: preventing loss of life, maintaining state and society functions, minimizing property damage, and achieving swift recovery. The policies planned for by the Japanese government place special emphasis on combining "hard" and "soft" adaptation measures. Examples include developing disaster management facilities, resilient construction, emergency drills, and disaster management education. Additionally, this plan outlines procedures for conducting vulnerability assessments, different mechanisms for promoting resilience in different sectors and at different levels of government, and the process for reviewing national and subnational resilience plans.

Documents

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