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Your local municipality may already have Disaster Prevention (“Bousai” or “Bosai” in Japanese) information ready for residents and visitors online. Prefectural, city, and even ward-office disaster prevention and preparedness information may be in English, or have links to other useful resources. Below is a selected list of Disaster Prevention websites for major population centers in Japan. There may be many more resources available to you. Do a web search with the word “bousai” and the town or region you are interested in, and you may even find information in English!
Sapporo/Hokkaido:
Sapporo City
Hokkaido
Sendai (Miyagi):
Sendai City
Miyagi Prefecture
Tokyo Metropolitan Area:
Tokyo Metro
Yokohama (Kanagawa):
Yokohama City
Nagoya (Aichi):
Aichi Prefecture
Nagoya City
Kyoto/Osaka/Kobe (Kansai):
Kyoto Prefecture
Osaka Prefecture
Kobe City (Hyogo)
Nara Prefecture
Shikoku:
Ehime Prefecture
Kochi Prefecture
Kagawa Prefecture
Tokushima Prefecture
Hiroshima/Yamaguchi:
Hiroshima Prefecture
Yamaguchi Prefecture
Fukuoka/Kyushu:
Fukuoka Prefecture
Kumamoto Prefecture
Kagoshima Prefecture
Okinawa:
Okinawa Prefecture
U.S. Military:
Stars and Stripes Pacific Storm Tracker Blog
Joint Typhoon Warning Center
For further information:
Please call your nearest Consulate or Embassy:
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