Hyogo gov., Sendai mayor attend disaster prevention symposium

Hyogo Gov. Toshizo Ido (L) and Sendai Mayor Emiko Okuyama (R) flank Margareta Wahlstrom, U.N. Special Representative of the Secretary General for Disaster Risk Reduction, at a symposium on the creation of disaster-resistant cities in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on March 17, 2015. The event was part of a U.N. disaster reduction conference being held there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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