Japan: Talks look at the tragedy and hope sparked by disasters
Japan's ability to quickly rise from the devastation of the earthquake and tsunami has provided a good lesson to its people that no technology can be better than a strong society in coping with natural disasters, reports the Bangkok Post. "After the 3/11 Great East Japan Earthquake, we have learned an important lesson that no prevention plans are perfect as we cannot control the power of nature," Parliamentary Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs Kazuyuki Hamada said. To create a disaster-resilient community, disaster lessons and awareness must be taught from children to adults and from adults to community to reduce the damage and losses, Mr Yamada told the Bangkok Post.
He said nations in disaster areas must share their experiences so they could reduce the impact from the disasters and build a more resilient society because no one knows where the next catastrophe will take place. He said that Japan planned to host a conference to share its lessons from the 3/11 earthquake and a 3rd world conference on disaster reduction to discuss how to cope with natural disasters.