Technology and education are both necessary to reduce the risk of disasters.
Living on an earthquake-prone archipelago, Japanese have a very high awareness of disaster risk reduction. Japanese companies and academia are constantly working to develop technology and know-how, something that can be quite useful to foreign countries facing similar disaster risks.
The following are just a few examples of Japanese efforts to tackle disasters.
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