A preparatory office for the creation of a “Disaster Prevention Agency” will be established on November 1st; concrete consideration begins for the realization of Prime Minister Ishiba’s “signature policy” | fnn Wednesday, October 30, 2024 8:36 pm A preparatory office for the creation of the “Disaster Prevention Agency” proposed by Prime Minister Ishiba will be established on November 1st. Economic Revitalization Minister Akazawa, who is also in charge of preparations for the establishment of the Disaster Prevention Agency, revealed this to reporters at the Prime Minister’s Office on the 30th. The Disaster Prevention Agency Establishment Preparation Office, which will be launched on November 1st, will begin concrete discussions with the aim of launching the agency in fiscal 2026. Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Akazawa stated, “We cannot ignore the fact that some lives will be lost and some will not be lost depending on the city or town in which you live,” and emphasized his intention to aim to improve evacuation shelter management systems so that disaster prevention supplies such as temporary toilets and beds held by local governments can be appropriately deployed in the event of a disaster. (Omitted) *See source for full text.
It would have been possible to set it up within the Self-Defense Forces. The organization is flat and is also designed to respond to war disasters. Has anyone had such thoughts?
>>21 Actually, Ishiba’s initial aim was – “Let’s train disaster relief professionals, leave disaster countermeasures to them, and turn the Self-Defense Forces into a formal Japanese military” (Let’s stop making the Self-Defense Forces do the “part-time job of disaster relief” and let them focus on military training). In fact, the Self-Defense Forces today are required to carry out disaster relief training in addition to their military training, and a budget is allocated to disaster relief equipment, so in fact this has become their “main business.” In other words, at first Ishiba had a hard-core right-wing aim, but the current LDP constitutional amendment proposal makes it impossible to turn the Self-Defense Forces into an “official Japanese military,” so he’s increasingly drifting away from his original aim.
Up until now, we’ve only had big earthquakes every few years, but with the abnormal weather, it looks like we’ll be having floods every year, and the city halls in the countryside don’t have enough staff, and the officials are victims of the disaster, so I think a Disaster Prevention Agency is a good thing.
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