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(240327) -- BEIJING, March 27, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A modified version of a Long March-6 rocket carrying the Yunhai-3 02 satellite lifts off from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in north China's Shanxi Province, March 27, 2024. The satellite has entered the preset orbit and will be used for atmospheric and marine environment surveys, space environment monitoring, disaster prevention and reduction, and scientific experiments. (Photo by Zheng Bin/Xinhua)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240322) -- BEIJING, March 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A Long March-2D carrier rocket carrying Yunhai-2 02 satellites blasts off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China, March 21, 2024. China on Thursday sent a group of satellites into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China and the satellites have entered the planned orbit. These satellites will be used mainly for atmospheric environment detection, space environment monitoring, disaster prevention and reduction, and scientific experiments. (Photo by Wang Jiangbo/Xinhua)

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(SPOT NEWS)CHINA-YUNNAN-ZHAOTONG-LANDSLIDE-EMERGENCY RESPONSE (CN)

(240122) -- ZHAOTONG, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work near the site of a landslide to ensure smooth communications in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 22, 2024. The Ministry of Emergency Management has activated a level-III emergency response to a landslide that struck southwest China's Yunnan Province early Monday. On the same day, a level-IV emergency response was also launched by the national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief. The landslide occurred at 5:51 a.m. in Liangshui Village, Tangfang Town in the city of Zhaotong. Preliminary investigations showed that a total of 47 people from 18 households were buried when the landslide occurred. (Xinhua)

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(SPOT NEWS)CHINA-YUNNAN-ZHAOTONG-LANDSLIDE-EMERGENCY RESPONSE (CN)

(240122) -- ZHAOTONG, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Staff members work near the site of a landslide to ensure smooth communications in Zhaotong, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Jan. 22, 2024. The Ministry of Emergency Management has activated a level-III emergency response to a landslide that struck southwest China's Yunnan Province early Monday. On the same day, a level-IV emergency response was also launched by the national commission for disaster prevention, reduction and relief. The landslide occurred at 5:51 a.m. in Liangshui Village, Tangfang Town in the city of Zhaotong. Preliminary investigations showed that a total of 47 people from 18 households were buried when the landslide occurred. (Xinhua)

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International Day for DisasterReduction

ZAOZHUANG, CHINA - OCTOBER 12, 2023 - Primary school students participate in an earthquake prevention and disaster reduction drill in Zaozhuang, East China's Shandong province, Oct 12, 2023. October 13 is International Day for DisasterReduction.

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North Korea fails to launch military satellite

Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2023, in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ishigaki, southern Japan, shows officials at the city office's disaster prevention and crisis management division, following North Korea's unsuccessful attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite earlier in the day. Tokyo condemned Pyongyang for the suspected use of ballistic missile technology.

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North Korea fails to launch military satellite

Photo taken on Aug. 24, 2023, in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ishigaki, southern Japan, shows officials at the city office's disaster prevention and crisis management division and a member of Japan's Self-Defense Forces, following North Korea's unsuccessful attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite earlier in the day. Tokyo condemned Pyongyang for the suspected use of ballistic missile technology.

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N. Korea fires suspected ballistic missile

Photo taken on May 31, 2023, in the Okinawa Prefecture city of Ishigaki, southern Japan, shows officials at the city office's disaster prevention and crisis management division, following a suspected ballistic missile launch by North Korea earlier in the day.

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Gov't holds nationwide disaster drills

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) inspects a soup run during a disaster drill in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2014. The day is known in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day, after the huge 1923 earthquake hit the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people.

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Gov't holds nationwide disaster drills

SAGAMIHARA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C front) practices using an Automated External Defibrillator during a disaster drill in Sagamihara, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2014. The day is known in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day, after the huge 1923 earthquake hit the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people.

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Gov't holds nationwide disaster drills

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from L) attends a meeting of the disaster headquarters at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2014, to conduct annual anti-disaster drills across the country. Sept. 1 is known in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day, after the huge 1923 earthquake hit the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people.

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Gov't holds nationwide disaster drills

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a press conference at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2014, as the government held anti-disaster drills across the country to test its emergency response. Sept. 1 is known in Japan as Disaster Prevention Day, after the huge 1923 earthquake hit the Kanto region surrounding Tokyo, killing over 100,000 people.

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Kyoto Univ. lab tests movable tsunami breakwater

KYOTO, Japan - A facility that artificially reproduces tsunami is shown to the press at the Ujigawa Open Laboratory of the Disaster Prevention Research Institute of Kyoto University in Kyoto, western Japan, on July 16, 2014. The equipment was used for the day's test operation of a movable tsunami breakwater.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Police officers and firefighters participate in a rescue exercise in the city of Chiba on Sept. 1, 2013. The evacuation and rescue exercise was conducted on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - Firefighters take part in a rescue drill in the city of Chiba on Sept. 1, 2013. The evacuation and rescue exercise was conducted on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

CHIBA, Japan - A helicopter of the Self-Defense Forces takes off from the roof of the prime minister's office in Tokyo, carrying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe for an inspection of an evacuation and rescue exercise in the city of Chiba on Sept. 1, 2013. The exercise was conducted on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe holds a mock news conference as part of a drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2013. The drill was held on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A disaster response meeting attended by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and all of his ministers is held as part of a drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2013. The drill was held on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Disaster Prevention Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) and Keiji Furuya (to the left), state minister for disaster prevention, attend a disaster response meeting held as part of a drill based on the scenario of a massive earthquake in the Nankai Trough off central and western Japan, at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2013. The drill was held on Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the Great Kanto Earthquake in the Tokyo area in 1923.

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Tokyo Skytree marks 1st anniversary

TOKYO, Japan - The 634-meter-tall Tokyo Skytree in the Japanese capital is specially illuminated to represent disaster prevention day on May 22, 2013, to mark the first anniversary of its opening. The world's tallest broadcast tower was illuminated the same night in 12 different colors used over the course of the year.

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Residential area inundated a day after March 11 tsunami

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 12, 2011 shows a residential area in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, inundated a day after the March 11 tsunami. A panel of the Central Disaster Prevention Council compiled a final report on Sept. 28, 2011 on measures to cope with earthquakes and tsunami based on lessons learned from the tragedy.

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Kan at disaster drill

ITO, Japan - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan (R) fills a flood prevention sandbag with a high school student in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, during a nationwide disaster drill on Sep. 1, 2010, the annual disaster awareness day, coinciding with the anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake.

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Disaster awareness

ITO, Japan - High school students stack up flood prevention sandbags under instruction from ground troops in Ito, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Sept. 1, 2010, as part of a nationwide disaster drill on the annual disaster awareness day coinciding with the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake anniversary.

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Japan conducts quake drills across the nation

KAWASAKI, Japan - Prime Minister Taro Aso salutes during a closing ceremony for an annual anti-earthquake drill in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on Sept. 1, the 86th anniversary of the 1923 killer quake. Sept. 1 is designated as National Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the magnitude 7.9 Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 that devastated the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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Japan conducts quake drills across the nation

KAWASAKI, Japan - Elementary school children learn how to use an automatic external defibrillator (AED) during an annual anti-earthquake drill in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, on Sept. 1, the 86th anniversary of the 1923 killer quake. Sept. 1 is designated as National Disaster Prevention Day, the anniversary of the magnitude 7.9 Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 that devastated the Tokyo metropolitan area.

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U.N. tsunami meeting kicks off in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Senior officials from 10 countries affected by the Dec. 26 tsunami disaster around the Indian Ocean attend a U.N. meeting in Tokyo on Feb. 22. The three-day event is designed to share knowledge on disaster prevention with the aim of establishing an early warning system in the region.

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Confab on disaster-prevention in Asia begins in Kobe

KOBE, Japan - An international conference on prevention of natural disasters in Asia gets underway in Kobe on Jan. 15, just ahead of the eighth anniversary of the earthquake that struck the city on Jan. 17, 1955, killing more than 6,000 people. At the three-day meeting, the some 300 participants, including government officials, nongovernmental organization (NGO) members and scholars, will exchange views on how to share lessons from past disasters and hone prevention skills.

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MSDF joins disaster prevention drills

FUJI, Japan - A landing ship of the Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) lands at Gokanjima Island, Shizuoka Prefecture, to deliver rescue materials in annual disaster prevention drills carried out throughout Japan on Sept. 1, Disaster Prevention Day.

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Disaster Prevention Day

A large-scale disaster drill is held in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in the capital and surrounding areas.

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Disaster Prevention Day

A large-scale disaster drill is held in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in the capital and surrounding areas.

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Disaster Prevention Day

A large-scale disaster drill is held in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in the capital and surrounding areas.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) delivers a speech during a large-scale disaster drill in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022, the 99th anniversary of the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake, which left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for in the capital and surrounding areas.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (2nd from L) observes a large-scale disaster drill in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) speaks at a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a press conference at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (3rd from L) speaks at a meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) observes a large-scale disaster drill in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Sept. 1, 2022. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at a meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2022, when the government carried out a disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake had hit wide areas of the country. The day is the 99th anniversary of a massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead or unaccounted for.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2021, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake hit the capital. It is the 98th anniversary of the massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga holds a press conference at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2021, as part of a government disaster drill that assumed a massive earthquake hit the capital. It is the 98th anniversary of the massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (C) attends a government anti-disaster task force meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2021, the 98th anniversary of the massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead. Seen in the front is disaster minister Yasufumi Tanahashi.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga attends a government anti-disaster task force meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2021, the 98th anniversary of the massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese disaster minister Yasufumi Tanahashi arrives at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2021, the 98th anniversary of the massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead.

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Disaster prevention day

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga arrives at his office in Tokyo on Sept. 1, 2021, the 98th anniversary of the massive 1923 earthquake that hit Tokyo and surrounding areas and left over 100,000 people dead.

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National Disaster Prevention And Mitigation Day

The Youth Winter Olympic Sports School carried out activities to introduce disaster risk reduction knowledge into the campus, inviting professionals to guide students to carry out earthquake, fire and other disaster prevention and emergency drills, epidemic prevention and control, first aid and other knowledge training. Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, May 11, 2021.

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National Disaster Prevention And Mitigation Day

The Youth Winter Olympic Sports School carried out activities to introduce disaster risk reduction knowledge into the campus, inviting professionals to guide students to carry out earthquake, fire and other disaster prevention and emergency drills, epidemic prevention and control, first aid and other knowledge training. Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, May 11, 2021.

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National Disaster Prevention And Mitigation Day

The Youth Winter Olympic Sports School carried out activities to introduce disaster risk reduction knowledge into the campus, inviting professionals to guide students to carry out earthquake, fire and other disaster prevention and emergency drills, epidemic prevention and control, first aid and other knowledge training. Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, May 11, 2021.

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National Disaster Prevention And Mitigation Day

The Youth Winter Olympic Sports School carried out activities to introduce disaster risk reduction knowledge into the campus, inviting professionals to guide students to carry out earthquake, fire and other disaster prevention and emergency drills, epidemic prevention and control, first aid and other knowledge training. Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, May 11, 2021.

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National Disaster Prevention And Mitigation Day

The Youth Winter Olympic Sports School carried out activities to introduce disaster risk reduction knowledge into the campus, inviting professionals to guide students to carry out earthquake, fire and other disaster prevention and emergency drills, epidemic prevention and control, first aid and other knowledge training. Zhangjiakou, Hebei Province, China, May 11, 2021.