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	Japan: UN Agency to Open Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Centre in Fukushima
	Experts from the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are heading to Japan to launch an emergency preparedness and response centre in Fukushima, the coastal city devastated 2 years ago when a massive earthquake and tsunami set off meltdowns at a nuclear power plant. The IAEA, supported by the Government of Japan, will designate a new Response and Assistance Network (RANET) Capacity Building Centre in Fukushima last week of May 2013, according to a news release from the UN nuclear watchdog. The Centre will be home to several IAEA activities aimed at enhancing emergency preparedness and response capacity, both in Japan and
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	Japan: NRA Shows off Its new Crisis Center
	The Nuclear Regulation Authority on June 20 Thursday showed the media its new Emergency Response Center, where data will be gathered and decisions made if another Fukushima-like disaster strikes. The previous ERC, which was run by the now-defunct Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency in Kasumigaseki, only had one system, which limited its ability to get on top of the crisis. The ERC can use the system to connect with nuclear power plants across the country, the municipal and prefectural governments hosting them, the utilities running them, and the prime minister’s office. The old ERC had only 250 sq. meters of floor space, but t
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	Japan: Remote Internal Imaging Robot Helps Doctors in Emergency Situations
	This remote medical care robot for use in emergency situations is under development by a research group at Waseda University, led by Dr. Hiroyasu Iwata. “If a person receives an impact in an accident, there is a possibility that they could have internal bleeding. In emergency rooms, there’s a diagnostic method called FAST, using ultrasound imaging to check for internal bleeding. But that can’t be done until the patient reaches the hospital. So our idea is that this robot can be put on the patient in an ambulance, and while on the way to the hospital, it can be controlled by a doctor in a remote location. As there is ultraso
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	Japan: Keeping Mount Fuji Safe, Clean and Improve Emergency Service
	The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Committee last month decided to put Mount Fuji, together with the Miho-no-Matsubara pine grove by Suruga Bay, on the U.N. agency’s World Heritage list. From July 25 to Aug. 3, the Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectural governments plan to charge a ¥1,000 fee on a trial basis from every climber who goes to the fifth station or higher stations of Mount Fuji. They will use the resulting funds for improving trails, huts and guide signs. The prefectural governments should also use a portion of the funds to help protect the environment and to improve
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	Japan: Red Cross Honours Nurse from Ishinomaki
	Sendi: Aiko Kin, a 59-year-old nurse in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, has been awarded the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross for her dedication to the victims of the 2011 quake and tsunami. Kin, deputy director and head nurse at the Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital, was among 32 nurses from 16 countries to receive the medal, which honors “exceptional courage and devotion to victims of armed conflict or natural disaster.” In the immediate aftermath of the catastrophe, she worked frantically in the hospital’s hastily set up emergency headquarters, which served as the main aid center in t
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Japan: UN Agency to Open Nuclear Emergency Preparedness Centre in Fukushima

Japan: NRA Shows off Its new Crisis Center

Japan: Remote Internal Imaging Robot Helps Doctors in Emergency Situations

Japan: Keeping Mount Fuji Safe, Clean and Improve Emergency Service

Japan: Red Cross Honours Nurse from Ishinomaki

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