A year after the 3/11 earthquake and tsunami devastated the Pacific coastal areas of the Tohoku region, the government and people need to realize that 3/11 will not be the last large-scale natural disaster to hit Japan. The nation needs to prepare for powerful quakes and tsunami that have been forecast as having a high probability of striking Tokyo, the Tokai region, the Kii Peninsula and Shikoku in the near future.
The central and local governments, enterprises and people must take measures in advance so that they will be able to quickly recover if those areas are hit by calamities.
The central and local governments and enterprises should integrate worst-case scenarios into their planning for continuing their activities after they are hit by large-scale disasters. Such planning should include every possible concrete measure that must be taken when worst-case scenarios take place.