In July, I was in charge as vice-chair of the "Top Forum in Mie," a Specialized Disaster Countermeasures Training Program for heads of prefectural governments (I was in charge of organizing exercise materials and operating the virtual white board).
The purpose of the Top Forum is to enhance the disaster leadership required by top local government officials, and to further improve the disaster prevention and crisis management system, based on the latest research findings.
Following the postponement and rescheduling of last year's forum, it is now being held for the first time in an online session.
We also had the opportunity to meet with our seniors and research fellows who are active in the field of disaster prevention and mitigation in different regions of Japan.
Thank you very much for your cooperation in this training. It was a very valuable experience.
