Tokushima Prefecture Initiates "Disaster Prevention Update" for the Entire Region

Tokushima Prefecture (Governor: Masazumi Gotoda) and the Specified Non-Profit Organization Disaster Reduction Education Promotion Association (Chairman: Takeshi Enatsu) will conclude a cooperation agreement. Tokushima Prefecture and the Specified Non-Profit Organization Disaster Reduction Education Promotion Association will conclude an agreement on cooperation for the purpose of improving regional disaster prevention capabilities on April 14, 2026 (Reiwa 8).

Whole Region Disaster Prevention Update. From Tokushima Prefecture to the Nation.

This agreement was realized in response to the practical activities of the "Tokushima Yurashitai," formed by local residents, and numerous requests from the field to "update disaster prevention." We aim to shift from conventional, formal disaster prevention to "developing people who can think and act" by understanding damage and making independent decisions. Administration, local residents, and experts will collaborate to advance disaster prevention education and evacuation drill updates throughout the region. Based on the anticipated disasters and damage in the region, we will promote practical disaster prevention education and improve regional disaster prevention capabilities, founded on the principles of "self-help" to protect one's own life and "mutual aid" to assist each other in the community.

Main Contents of the Agreement

・Regarding the improvement of evacuation drills based on regional disaster prevention plans ・Regarding the promotion of disaster prevention education appropriate for developmental stages ・Regarding the practical initiatives of "Kodomo Yureta Caravan"

Outline of the Agreement Signing Ceremony

Date: April 14, 2026 (Tuesday) 13:30~ Venue: Tokushima Prefectural Office 3rd Floor, 4th Reception Room

Main Attendees: ・Governor of Tokushima Prefecture, Masazumi Gotoda (※Proxy: Policy Supervisor (Prefectural Land Resilience and Crisis Management) Sho Asada) ・Director of Crisis Management Department, Tokushima Prefecture, Akihito Sato ・Deputy Director of Crisis Management Department, Tokushima Prefecture, Masayoshi Iida ・Director of Tokushima Prefectural Disaster Prevention Human Resource Development Center, Keisuke Shimada

・Specified Non-Profit Organization Disaster Reduction Education Promotion Association Chairman, Takeshi Enatsu (Research Collaborator, College of Risk Management, Nihon University)

・Several members from Tokushima Yurashitai (On-site Practice Team)

Future Development

This agreement is a pioneering initiative in Tokushima Prefecture to foster "people who can think and act" throughout the region. Based on regional disaster prevention plans that are updated to reflect the latest damage predictions and lessons learned from disasters, we will link disaster prevention education and evacuation drills from infants to schools, businesses, and communities to enhance the overall disaster prevention capabilities of the region. We aim to expand the "whole-region disaster prevention update" initiative, which starts in Tokushima Prefecture, nationwide in the future.

[Contact for this matter] ■ Specified Non-Profit Organization Disaster Reduction Education Promotion Association Location: Yoshimura Building 113, 1-13-10 Utsukushigaoka, Aoba-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa TEL: 045-532-8937

Tokushima Prefecture Tokushima Prefectural Disaster Prevention Human Resource Development Center Location: 165 Taihama Oonishi, Kitajima-cho, Itano-gun, Tokushima TEL: 088-683-2100