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Tsu n am i Disaster Mit igat ion

Sys tem in J ap an

1.Bitter Tsunami Experienced

2.Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System

3.Outline of Disaster Management System

4.New Challenges against Tsunamis

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Historical Damaging Tsunamis alongJapanese Coast (in last 150 years)

Name (Magnitude) Year Dead or Missing

Meiji-Sanriku Earthquake and Tsunami (M8.5) 1896 22,000

Showa-Sanriku Earthquake and Tsunami (M8.1) 1933 3,064Tonankai Earthquake (M7.9) 1944 1,251 1)

Nankai Earthquake (M8.0) 1946 1,443 1)

Chile Earthquake (Mw9.5) 2) 1960 142

Tokachi-Oki Earthquake (M7.9) 1968 52 1) Nihonkai-Cyubu Earthquake (M7.7) 1983 104 1)

Hokkaido-Nansei-oki Earthquake (M7.8) 1993 230 1)

1) The number includes dead or missing from earthquakes.

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Tsunami Warning System Elements

Communication & Transmission of Tsunami Warningto Localities & Civil Defense Authorities

Signboard

TSUNAMI

Central Government

/Radio Station

TSUNAMI

Radio

TV Telops, Warning maps

TSUNAMI

Localgovernment

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NHK TV Screen Image

showing Seismic Intensity by Miyagi-ken Earthquake on 26 July 2003

within 5 minutesafter theEarthquakewith/withoutTsunami Warnings

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Safe EvacuationRoute

Appropriate Risk Awaweness

of Local Communities

Promoting Basic Knowledge aboutTSUNAMI Disaster

Understanding of Hazardous Areas

+Early Warning

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Safe Evacuation 16

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Tsunami Evacuation Route Sign 1

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Tsunami Hazard Area Tsunami Evacuation Area Tsunami Evacuation Building

Pictogram on Tsunami

There is a high possibility to be flooded in this areawhen earthquake occurs.

Safe place/hill for evacuationagainst Tsunami. Building for evacuationagainst Tsunami.

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Inundated level of previous Tsunami

Sign of Previous Tsunami Height (2)

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Tsunami Evacuation Map

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Tsunami countermeasures taken by localmunicipalities and communities (1)

Evacuation drill on Tsunami(Taro Town, Iwate Pref.)

Group session on evacuation plan(Urado-District, Kochi Pref.)

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Tsunami countermeasures taken by localmunicipalities and communities (2)

Check of the dangerous points(Nansei-Town, Mie Pref.)

Training for supplying food(Yawatahama-city, Ehime Pref.)

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Tsunami countermeasures taken by localmunicipalities and communities (3)

Meeting on the disaster map(Bungo-Takada-city, Oita Pref.)

Drill for disaster management with maps(Hyga-city, Oita Pref.)

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Letting residents incoastal areas and visitorsknow the hazard mapthrough various

opportunitiesTsunami drills

Showing information ondisaster risks andevacuation routes, etc.

Tsunami Hazard Map Susaki City

National Government prepared a guideline for help localauthorities to make and use hazard maps.

Tsunami Hazard Maps

- Identifying and showing vulnerable areas

- Enhancing peoples awareness

Purpose

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4. New challenges against Tsunamis

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Japan and its major seacoasts

Seismic areas for reinforcing and promoting disaster reductionmeasures related to the Tokai,Tonankai and Nankai Earthquakes

District (undesignated) for promoting seismic disaster reduction measures related toearthquakes along the Japan Trench

and the Chishima Trench

SurugaTrough

200 km 400 km 600 km 800 km 1,000 km

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Tokyo Inland EQ

Tokai EQ

Tonankai &Nankai EQ Japan Trench &

ChishimaTrench EQs

Possible large-scale earthquakes andtsunamis in Japan

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Estimation of damage caused by possible EQs

TokaiEQ

TonankaiNankai

EQ

Victims(persons)

Housesdestroyed

Economicloss

(billion yen)

Kobe EQ1995

9,200(7,900

by strong tremors )

18,000(8,600

by tsunamis )6,436

260,000 360,000 105,000

37,000 57,000 10,000

(Maximumcases)

(by technical investigation committees of Central Disaster Management Council)

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(formulated by Central Disaster Management Council on 30 March 2005)

Setting an overarching goalfor disaster risk reduction in the next decade

To h a lve the es t im ated death to l l and eco no m ic loss

Death toll : 9,200 persons 4,500 Economic Loss : 37 trillion yen 19 trillion yen Strategic goal (ex.)

- Increase the ratio of retrofitted houses : 75% (2003) 90% (2015)

Death toll : 17,800 (8,600 by tsunamis) 9,100 Economic Loss : 57 trillion yen 31 trillion yen

Strategic goal (ex.)- Every municipality at risk is expected to develop hazard maps in 2015

Earthquake Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy

Tokai EQ

Tonankai & Nankai EQ

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Communities last resort

77%23%

Police, Firefighting,Self-defense Force

FamiliesNeighbors

How the affected people wererescued in case of Great Hanshin-

Awaji EQ?approx. 35,000 persons

Need to build communities resilient to disasters,

including through enhancing public awarenessand developing hazard mapping

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