Japan to accelerate anti-disaster measures in 5-year plan

Under the five-year plan, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will fix aging road facilities. It will significantly move forward the target year for completion of repairing roads with cracks in the asphalt, considered a safety hazard, from fiscal 2057 to fiscal 2025.

Despite the misprints investing in improvements on infrastructure is by and by a positive. Public works, especially in what is a depression, can keep an economy afloat. That is if you didn't have a corrupt oligopoly in charge that cares not one whit for the welfare of the people.

In that case expect roads asphalted over that were just done the previous year, bridges to nowhere, and juicy padded construction contracts for crony companies.

This could have started back in 2011 after 3/11. Instead, they turned their attention, finances and resources to the Olympics. So what we are going to be faced with is the failure and loss of money from the Olympics and an increase in taxes to cover for this loss all the while paying for more public works projects, all on the heels of a crippled pandemic economy. LDP at its best, but one thing for sure, they'll keep drawing their big salary, perks and bonuses.

5 year plans. Those always turn out well...

Yes, and implemented 20 years late. With no regards to current facts but based on minimum 10 year old data, so expanding airports that see no planes, cruise terminals without ships, roads and bridges without cars to small cities without inhabitants.

Build a new artificial island in Osaka for a 6 month expo, later deserted...

Most effective anti-disaster measure: disband the LDP.

Preparation is everything.

The Japan Meteorological Agency will further improve its precision in predicting rainfall areas using a supercomputer 

Just spin up a supercomputer in the public cloud, that’ll be cheaper. You’re welcome, now give me the rest of the money.

from fiscal 2057 to fiscal 2025.

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Evidently, disasters are accelerating.

Being prepared is never a bad thing, especially being located in a very active earthquake and typhoon prone location. Disasters will happen, not “if” but “when”. But I’m not too optimistic given the lack of decisive leadership and past track record of how Japan has dealt with disaster recovery, e.g., 3/11.

@FuzzyDec. 13  08:05 pm JST

It will significantly move forward the target year for completion of repairing roads with cracks in the asphalt, considered a safety hazard, from fiscal 2057 to fiscal 2025.

Mickelicious

Mother nature doesn't care about LDP.

Doesn't care about which government is in charge, doesn't care about your bias views.