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Japan Boosting Use of Digital Tools for Natural Disasters
The Japan Times, December 31, 2022
A growing number of municipalities in Japan are deploying digital tools to better mitigate natural disasters and to reduce the burden of local government workers in responding to them. Last year, Japan's land ministry conducted tests with five municipalities and companies to detect flooding via small sensors attached to power poles and installed next to waterways. A private weather information service provider also began sending weather and river data for Tokyo's Itabashi Ward; the provider’s website allows residents to check weather data and disaster risk. Tatsuya Unozawa at weather-driven solutions provider Weathernews said, "Digital transformation in disaster prevention can be a means of bridging information gaps among disaster management workers at municipalities." ... '
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