Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Review
第二条（検討）
In order to apply the lessons learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake (meaning the disaster caused by the Tohoku Region Pacific Coast Earthquake that occurred on March 11, 2011 and the accompanying accident at the nuclear power plant; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) to the future, the government is to continue to verify the state of implementation of the measures taken in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, conduct a general review, including any necessary amendment of Acts, of the framework of systems concerning disaster management, including the handling of personal information on persons requiring consideration in disaster management and the framework for reconstruction from disasters, and promptly take necessary measures based on the results.
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
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
Great East Japan Earthquakemachine translation
「東日本大震災」
The disaster caused by the earthquake off the Pacific coast of the Tohoku region (東北地方太平洋沖地震) on 11 March 2011 and by the nuclear power plant accident that followed it.
Defined inSupplementary Provisions, Article 2, paragraph (1)· applies only in this article