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A radar image tracks the Category 5 Cyclone Yasi as it makes landfall in northern Queensland, Australia, in 2011. Science and technology has greatly improved hazard mapping.
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Disaster risk reduction and science should be core of sustainable development, experts say

With fewer than 50 days to go before the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction top scientists have called on governments to put evidence-based disaster risk reduction at the heart of their strategies for sustainable development.
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'Our goal was not just recovery, but a form of creative construction with a focus on the 21st century,' says Governor of Hyogo Prefecture Mr Toshizo Ido.
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Kobe’s message to Sendai

Of the many milestones on the “Road to Sendai,” the Kobe earthquake stands out. The learning from the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake remains relevant today as governments from around the world prepare to meet in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, at the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March.
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The song ‘Bring Happiness to the World’ has become a rallying call for the city of Kobe. Here children of Nishinada Elementary School perform it at JICA symposium on 18 Jan together with Mr. Usui who made this song two weeks after the earthquake. (Photo: UNISDR)
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Kobe 'shall never be forgotten'

A firm resolve to build a more resilient future in honour of those who lost their lives in the Kobe earthquake 20 years ago was evident amid the sombre services of remembrance over the weekend.
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Sandra Wu (far right), Chairperson and CEO of Kokusai Kogyo Co. Ltd. and Chair of UNISDR's Private Sector Advisory Group., and Ms. Yuki Matsuoka, UNISDR, provided briefing on UNISDR initiatives as the members discussed how they can contribute towards the WCDRR. (Photo: UNISDR/Yuki Matsuoka)
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Japan’s Private Sector Partnership members eager to play part in World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

The ranks of UNISDR’s Private Sector Partnership (PSP) have swollen in Japan thanks to the admission of nine new companies and a business federation, the Keidanren, which represents more than 1,300 firms and 112 business associations. In addition, more than 10 companies are poised to join.
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(From left) Japanese Ambassador, Takashi Okada, UNISDR Head of Regional Programmes, Neil McFarlane, Vice-Governor Fukushima Prefecture, Fumio Murata, and Dr. Maria Neira, Director Public Health and Environment, WHO, at a seminar for diplomats on Fukushima and the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. (Photo: UNISDR)
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World Conference to include lessons from Fukushima

Rice and sake from Fukushima are part of a charm offensive currently underway by the office of the Governor of Fukushima as Japan prepares to host the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in March, 2015.
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Lift off: Japan’s DAICHI-2 will conduct a series of health checks on vulnerable and exposed parts of the world. (Photo: Yuki Matsuoka)
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Satellite boosts risk monitoring

The launch of a new satellite to conduct ‘health checks’ on some of the earth’s most vulnerable and exposed regions marks a new era of disaster risk monitoring.
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The Secretary-General of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, Ambassador Iwatani Shigeo, said disaster management was a key area of cooperation in Northeast Asia.
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Peace, prosperity and disaster management

Cooperation in disaster management is a key element of building peace and prosperity in North-East Asia, a high-level regional conference has been told.
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Dr Haksu Kim, senior advisor at the Korean International Cooperation Agency (left) and Pak Sugeng Triutomo, former Vice Chief of Indonesia’s National Board for Disaster Management (BNBP) share the top table during discussions to strengthen cooperation at Expert Meeting on Disaster Loss.
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China, Korea, Japan work on disaster data

Disaster experts from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea today agreed to launch joint research aimed at enhancing the compatibility of disaster data and terminology across North-East Asia.
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Mongolia’s NEMA Chief Mr Dulamdorj Togooch (left) said the HFA had enabled his country to ‘achieve several positive outcomes’.
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Korean ‘Disaster Summit’ hails HFA progress

Senior disaster management officials and experts from across North-East Asia today endorsed the Hyogo Framework for Action as a consistent and guiding force for national progress in disaster risk reduction.
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Just over a year ago, UNISDR Chief Margareta Wahlström welcomed the Mayor of Sendai, Emiko Okuyama, to the Making Cities Resilient Campaign with a certificate of recognition on the importance of political leadership in building disaster resilient societies.Today on the 3rd anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, Mayor Okuyama, said the pace of recovery is speeding up.
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Today Japan Remembers

Three years on, the pain has not diminished. Today, the whole of Japan is remembering the day of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. The confirmed death toll stands at 15,884 with 2,633 missing and 267,000 people are living as evacuees.
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