Monday, April 25, 2016

Neighboring prefectures send disaster specialists to quake-hit Kumamoto | The Japan Times

Neighboring prefectures send disaster specialists to quake-hit Kumamoto | The Japan Times: "Other areas in Japan with extensive experience in dealing with natural disasters have dispatched personnel to Kumamoto to help the prefecture cope with the deadly earthquakes that struck Kyushu.

Officials with expertise are helping to manage shelters for displaced residents and to dispose of the extensive rubble, among other work, in the disaster-hit areas.

The experts are from governments including Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures, which were hit hardest by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami."



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