In June 2024, the Japan Medical Association (JMA) held a symposium in Tokyo titled “Disaster Medicine for the Next Generation.” …

Dr. Yoshihiro Yamaguchi, symposium organizer and director of the JMA Emergency and Disaster Medicine Management Committee, …

On June 2, 2023, Toyokawa City in Aichi Prefecture experienced 423.3 mm of precipitation, the heaviest rainfall on record for a single day. …

Speaking on behalf of the Japan Meteorological Agency, Noriko Kamaya underscored the importance of leveraging disaster-prevention weather information.……

Hideyuki Ashiya from Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) advocated for the usefulness of predictive tools and hazard maps,…

Nobuyuki Tsuchiya, who holds a PhD in engineering from the Japan Riverfront Center, is an expert in flood countermeasures and well versed in urban development and…

Professor Takashi Sekiyama, a Kyoto University expert on climate security, addressed future risks: “I must emphasize that climate change may further exacerbate the severity and…

Professor Takaaki Kato of the University of Tokyo is an urban planning expert and a leading authority on community planning for disaster prevention.…

Finally, Yoshiki Hiruma of the Development Bank of Japan Inc. explored possibilities for “Structuring and Designing a Lifesaving Society,”…

The future of global warming is already upon us. The June 2024 symposium repeatedly underscored the importance of comprehending disaster risk and…