Article 14Establishment of a Prefectural Disaster Management Council and the Function under its Jurisdiction
第十四条（都道府県防災会議の設置及び所掌事務）
A prefectural disaster management council is established in a prefecture.
都道府県に、都道府県防災会議を置く。
A prefectural disaster management council takes charge of the following affairs:
都道府県防災会議は、次に掲げる事務をつかさどる。
formulation and promotion of implementation of a prefectural area disaster management plan;
都道府県地域防災計画を作成し、及びその実施を推進すること。
in response to consultation by the prefectural governor, deliberation of important matters relating to disaster management concerning an area of the relevant prefecture;
都道府県知事の諮問に応じて当該都道府県の地域に係る防災に関する重要事項を審議すること。
relating to important matters prescribed in the preceding item, expression of opinions to the prefectural governor;
前号に規定する重要事項に関し、都道府県知事に意見を述べること。
in cases where a disaster involving an area of the relevant prefecture has occurred, liaison and coordination in matters of recovery and reconstruction concerning the disaster among the prefecture and relevant designated local administrative organs, relevant municipalities, relevant designated public corporations, and relevant designated local public corporations;
beyond what is provided for in each of the preceding items, other affairs assigned to the council by law or Cabinet Order based on it.
前各号に掲げるもののほか、法律又はこれに基づく政令によりその権限に属する事務
Read this with the articles around it
disastermachine translation
「災害」
Damage caused by a storm, tornado, heavy rain or snow, flood, slope failure, debris flow, storm surge, earthquake, tsunami, soil liquefaction, volcanic eruption, landslide or other abnormal natural phenomenon, or by a large fire or explosion or another cause that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as causing damage on a similar scale.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
recovery and reconstructionmachine translation
「復旧復興」
Recovery from a disaster and reconstruction after it.
Short name set inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)
disaster managementmachine translation
「防災」
Preventing disasters before they happen, stopping the damage from spreading once one strikes, and recovering from a disaster and rebuilding after it.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (ii)· applies throughout the law