COVID-19 infection has seen a widespread in some regions. The government has been taking measures to address this issue as an important crisis management issue, including the establishment of disaster management headquarters on March 26th, 2020. Under these circumstances, various parts of Japan in fiscal year (hereafter referred to as "FY") of 2020 saw torrential rain, earthquakes, heavy snowfall, and other disasters. Particularly, disasters caused remarkable damage such as the Heavy Rain Event of July 2020, the heavy snowfall from December 2020 to January 2021, and the Earthquake Centered offshore of Fukushima Prefecture in February 2021. In the event of a natural disaster while under COVID-19 crisis, it is still necessary to continue to maintain and improve disaster prevention and other measures based around the infection status of COVID-19 to be able to provide necessary support and infection control measures to residents.
The "Special Feature" of the White Paper on Disaster Management in FY 2021 focuses on disaster management as its main theme under COVID-19 crisis, and outlines preparations for natural disasters under COVID-19 crisis, the damage caused by the major disasters that occurred in FY 2020, and responses by the government (Chapter 1). Adding to the foundation of Chapter 1, as a further expansion of disaster management, outlined are the "Act for Partial Amendment of the Basic Act on Disaster Management" and measures for evacuation behavior of residents (Chapter 2). Furthermore, the "Five-Year Acceleration Plan for Disaster Prevention, Disaster Mitigation, and Building National Resilience" will be outlined (Chapter 3).
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