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This article focuses on one aspect of this -- the efforts that are being made to bring about deeper transformative changes that aim to make the region in and around Fukushima both more sustainable and resilient.

The objective of this case study on Japan is to share lessons drawing upon Japan’s experience of industrial development in the face of diverse disaster risks. The report will focus on the manufacturing sector, given its importance to Japan’s economic development, and interconnection with extensive global value chains.

This has been developed to capture Japan’s experience in road geohazard risk management and offers a way forward for low- and middle-income countries. The report provides key findings across each phase of the geohazard risk management process.

This book was compiled by the Reconstruction Agency to introduce the various "challenges" of companies and organizations in the three prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima toward industrial reconstruction.

This document focuses on best practices and lessons learned from Japan regarding resilient culturage heritage (CH) that might be of assistance in other contexts.

The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2020 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.

Evaluated in the context of the priorities and global targets of the SFDRR, the article considers the case of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 to illustrate advances and limitations in pre-disaster tsunami hazard engineering and post-disaster recovery.

Typhoon Hagibis was the strongest typhoon to strike mainland Japan in decades, and one of the largest ever recorded by diameter. This report summarizes the key lessons from this typhoon with a hope that they will help other countries prepare.