Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will establish an industry-academia-government body in March to promote infrastructure export in the disaster prevention field. The Japan Disaster Prevention Platform aims to support Japanese companies to discover potential projects in targeted countries such as South East Asian countries, Turkey, and South Africa, which suffer from natural disaster frequently.

The organization members include Shimizu Corp., Nikken Sekkei, Japan Water Agency, Yasui Architects and Engineers, Kokusai Kogyo Co., Giken, and CTI Engineering Co. Besides them, more than 100 companies and organizations show interest in joining the platform. Some of potential projects are enhancement works of dams in central Vietnam and anti-storm surge development in Myanmar. (2014/02/14)