With respect to the law prescribed in the preceding Article, insofar as practicable, enacting such a law at the time of each disaster of extreme severity should be avoided, also, the law must be designed to rationalize the system concerning the burden of the State consequent upon disaster, and enable the measures against a disaster of extreme severity described in the preceding Article to be carried out smoothly.
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「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
disaster of extreme severity
「激甚災害」
An extremely severe disaster, for which Article 97 has the government take measures under a separate Act so that emergency measures and recovery are carried out quickly and properly, the costs borne by the local governments and others it strikes are fairly shared, and victims are encouraged to rebuild.
Short name set inArticle 97, paragraph (1)