In order to strengthen countermeasures towards volcanoes, the invoice to revise the Act on Special Measures towards Active Volcanoes, together with the institution of a nationwide “Volcano Research Promotion Headquarters,” was unanimously authorised at a plenary session of the House of Councillors on the 14th, and enacted. Did.
There are 111 energetic volcanoes in Japan, which is about 10% of the world. There was no group like the federal government’s “Earthquake Research Promotion Headquarters”, and native governments with energetic volcanoes repeatedly known as for stronger measures.
For this motive, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has arrange a brand new “Volcano Research Promotion Headquarters” to centralize the planning and analysis of volcano statement and analysis. It was unanimously authorised and enacted on the plenary session of the House of Councillors.
Compared to earthquakes, the variety of researchers within the subject of volcanoes is small, so the revised legislation requires the nationwide and native governments to work collectively to develop and constantly safe human sources with specialised data and expertise. On August 26, when the nation’s first volcano observatory was constructed on Mt. Asama, which straddles Gunma and Nagano prefectures, we’ve designated August 26 as “Volcano Disaster Prevention Day,” and are conducting catastrophe prevention drills.
The revised legislation will go into impact in April subsequent 12 months, and the Headquarters for the Promotion of Volcano Research is predicted to be established.