Based on the basic principles prescribed in the preceding article (hereinafter referred to as "basic principles") and in light of the mission of protecting the national land and lives, bodies and properties of citizens from disasters, the State has the responsibility to take all possible measures concerning disaster management by mobilizing all its organizations and functions.
To perform the responsibilities prescribed in the preceding paragraph, the State must formulate a plan on which disaster prevention, emergency disaster control measures, and recovery and reconstruction are to be based, implement the plan on the basis of laws and regulations, pursue the implementation of affairs or operations concerning disaster management handled by local governments, designated public corporations, and designated local public corporations, etc., undertake the overall coordination of the implementation, and ensure that the burden of expenses related to a disaster is appropriate.
In carrying out the functions under their jurisdiction, designated administrative organs and designated local administrative organs must cooperate with each other so that the responsibilities of the State prescribed in paragraph (1) can be fully fulfilled.
The head of a designated administrative organ and the head of a designated local administrative organ must provide recommendations, guidance, and advice to prefectures and municipalities or take other appropriate measures concerning the functions under their jurisdiction so that the formulation and implementation of area disaster management plans of the prefectures and municipalities under this Act can be performed smoothly.
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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
designated administrative organs
「指定行政機関」
The national administrative organs the Prime Minister designates from among the Cabinet Office (内閣府), the Imperial Household Agency, the Digital Agency, the Disaster Management Agency, the ministries, commissions and agencies, and the councils, facilities, special organs and other bodies set up under them.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iii)· applies throughout the law
designated local administrative organs
「指定地方行政機関」
The local branch offices of designated administrative organs, and other local administrative organs of the State, that the Prime Minister designates.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (iv)· applies throughout the law
designated public corporations
「指定公共機関」
Incorporated administrative agencies, the Bank of Japan, the Japanese Red Cross Society, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) and other public institutions, and corporations running public utilities such as electricity, gas, transport and telecommunications, that the Prime Minister designates.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (v)· applies throughout the law
designated local public corporations
「指定地方公共機関」
Local incorporated administrative agencies, port authorities, land improvement districts and other managers of public facilities, and corporations running public utilities such as electricity, gas, transport and telecommunications in a prefecture, that the governor of that prefecture designates.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (vi)· applies throughout the law
area disaster management plancorrected by this site
「地域防災計画」
A disaster management plan for a particular area: the plan for a prefecture made by its prefectural disaster management council, the plan for a municipality made by its municipal disaster management council or mayor, and the plans for areas spanning two or more prefectures or municipalities made by joint committees of their councils.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (x)· applies throughout the law
basic principles
「基本理念」
The basic principles of disaster management set out in Article 2-2, among them always assuming that a disaster may happen and keeping its damage as small as possible, sharing roles among the State, local governments and residents, giving top priority to protecting people's lives and bodies, supporting disaster victims according to their circumstances, and preparing for recovery and reconstruction.
Short name set inArticle 3, paragraph (1)