Panel calls for legal revisions for disaster prevention

Panel calls for legal revisions for disaster prevention

TOKYO, Japan - Yoshiaki Kawata (R), a professor at Kansai University who heads a panel of the Central Disaster Prevention Council, hands a report to Tatsuo Hirano, disaster management minister, in Tokyo on Sept. 28, 2011. In the report, the panel calls for reviewing disaster-related laws to maintain the functions of local governments and smooth long-distance evacuations if a massive natural disaster occurs. (Kyodo)

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