Japan's International Cooperation in Disaster Reduction and Response
For a Safer World

photo: The first harvest after the eruption of Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines on land that was once covered in thick volcanic ash.

• For International Cooperation in Disaster Reduction and Response
• From Three Aspects - Disaster Prevention, Emergency Relief, and Reconstruction (Overview of Assistance Projects)
  • Disaster prevention based on a long-term perspective
  • Emergency assistance responding to requests from damaged countries and international organizations
  • Reconstruction projects to assist the self-help efforts of stricken countries
• Moving on with the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction