Japan tsunami gives lessons on disaster management
- Published: 9 Oct 2012 at 05.49
- Online news: Asia
The experiences of survivors of the massive quake and tsunami that smashed into Japan last year were being mined Tuesday at an international meeting on disaster management.
This file photo shows heavy machinery removing rubble from the tsunami-devastated town of Minamisanriku, Miyagi prefecture, in May 2011. The experiences of survivors of the massive quake and tsunami that smashed into Japan last year were being mined Tuesday at an international meeting on disaster management.
Pre-emptive measures to reduce damage and save lives when natural disaster strikes were top of the agenda at the two-day conference, part of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.
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