If each country's strengths and weaknesses will be shared and discussed with one another, a multisectoral collaborative space can be formed where everyone can contribute to the advancement of DRR systems across the region
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Being a hotbed for disasters and climate-related hazards, the Indo-Pacific region continues to battle the immediate and long-term impacts of increasingly devastating disasters. Thus, there’s a need not only for investments and resources in disaster risk reduction but also for robust cooperation and collaboration among countries, DRR actors, and communities in the region on disaster resilience.
Located at the tectonic plate boundaries, Japan is exposed to disaster risks such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and tsunamis, like many countries in the region. In the last 30 years, two mega earthquakes hit Japan:, a magnitude 6.9 earthquake in the southern part of Hyogo Prefecture on January 17, 1995, which claimed more than 6,300 lives, and the, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake that triggered a 40-meter tsunami in the Tohoku region on March 11, 2011, which claimed almost 20,000 lives.
After a lengthy discussion about the reconstruction project, the communities and government reached a consensus to ban building houses near coastal areas and relocate residents to higher grounds such as mountainous areas. Although relocation is a practical way to avoid disaster risks, it is still an unpopular choice for communities because of financial burdens and emotional connection to their lands.
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