Omuta City, in collaboration with TOPPAN Digital and Oki Electric Industry (OKI), has concluded a four-month pilot project testing a digital transformation (DX) solution designed to provide rapid information during flood events. The pilot ran from...
Fuji Kogyo Co., Ltd. has won the Grand Prize at the 7th Disaster Prevention Goods Awards 2025 for its portable flood barrier, the Flood Guard F. The awards, established in 2019 by the Disaster Prevention Research Institute, aim to promote high...
Automotive parts manufacturer Toyoda Gosei has collaborated with drugstore operator Amano Holdings to produce disaster preparedness bags from upcycled industrial materials. The bags were distributed to all Amano Holdings employees on 1 September to...
LIFULL ArchiTech and ELDNACS have launched a partnership to establish a new model for community support that connects everyday life with disaster relief. The agreement focuses on the rapidly deployable “Instant House” to create a...
Hitoyoshi City in Kumamoto Prefecture has signed an agreement with the Japan Saiteki Eiyo Food Association to ensure a stable supply of nutritionally balanced meals for residents in the event of a disaster. The formal pact was signed at Hitoyoshi...
Good Man Service is introducing a new tourism experience that combines tourism with disaster preparedness. Last month, they launched “Evacuation Site Seeing: Disaster Prevention Tourism,” which highlights destinations that serve as both...
Spectee Inc. has begun expanding its AI-based real-time disaster management solutions, starting with the Philippines. The Tokyo-based company has partnered with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) under JICA’s “SMEs and...
Green Energy & Company has introduced a new trailer house model, ASOBOX, aimed at providing alternative living options while tackling challenges in Japan’s energy and disaster preparedness. The trailer house, which features a standard solar...
KOKUA Corporation, a Japanese organization dedicated to disaster prevention, has developed an innovative solution for encouraging preparedness: “LIFEGIFT,” a catalog gift that combines stylish design with life-saving utility. The...
Gaia Vision Co. Ltd. has released the official version of its Climate Vision platform for managing climate change and flood risks. This application was originally launched as a beta version in July 2022 and provides quantitative analysis of climate...