U.N. asks Japan to promote importance of disaster preparedness

U.N. asks Japan to promote importance of disaster preparedness

TOKYO, Japan - Jordan Ryan, head of the U.N. Development Program's Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery, speaks during an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 7, 2011. He said the U.N. agency hopes Japan will help promote the importance of antidisaster preparedness among other countries based on its harsh experience of a catastrophic earthquake and tsunami last March.

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