Kyodo News (02.06.2024) published a report on the “NATO, Japan, and collaboration on civil emergencies” organized by the ESRP.
The speaker Irina Novakova, President of the Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center (EADRCC), commented that “NATO can learn from Japan how the military and civilian sectors can help each other in times of disaster, like the cooperation between the SDF and the private sector during the Great East Japan Earthquake” and that “NATO and the private sector can learn from the Japanese experience. Given that Japan has yet to conduct joint drills and exercises to strengthen its emergency preparedness and response capabilities, she was quoted as saying, “I look forward to Tokyo’s participation as an observer in NATO’s planned disaster response exercise in 2025.
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