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Highlighting JAPAN

Subject: "DISASTER RISK REDUCTION" (03/15)


E-mail Newsletter "Highlighting JAPAN"
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No. 85 (March 9, 2015)
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[Contents of Highlighting JAPAN March 2015]


<< PRIME MINISTER'S DIARY >>

- Courtesy Call from the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction
- Japan-Thailand Summit Meeting
- Japan-Mongolia Summit Meeting


<< COVER STORY >>

[ DISASTER RISK REDUCTION ]

- Build Back Better Than Before
Showcasing Japan’s “creative reconstruction” on the global stage

- Strategies for Reducing Disasters
The Curtain Rises in Sendai on the Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction

- Rough Riders
The Shizuoka Off-Road Motorbike Team’s Disaster Challenge

- Hand Cream with a Mission
The Kesen Tsubaki Dream Project

- Early Warning
The Great East Japan Earthquake spurs more accurate emergency broadcasts

- Sky-High Perspective
Using JAXA’s precision satellite technology to assess natural disasters

- Recovery Partners
Japan’s broad support helped Thailand bounce back after the deluge

- Rock-Solid Knowledge
Bringing Japan’s earthquake disaster risk reduction education to Turkey

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<< STUDENTS’ CORNER >>

- Inamura no Hi (The Fire of Rice Sheaves)

<< SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY >>

- Waste Nothing
Bio-Toilets: Environmentally Friendly and No Water Required

<< HOME AWAY FROM HOME  >>

- Kominka Makeovers
Karl Bengs Reimagines Old Japanese Homes for the Modern Era

<< 47 PREFECTURES: FROM A TO Y >>

- Yamagata/Yamaguchi

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