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SHELTERS

Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2017
Only about 50% of schools designated as shelters in times of disaster have emergency toilet facilities: survey
Only about half of public schools in Japan designated to serve as shelters in times of disaster had the ability as of April 1 to provide alternative toilet facilities if water supplies were cut off, an education ministry survey showed Tuesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 24, 2017
Demand in Japan for nuclear shelters, air purifiers surges as tension over North Korea mounts
Sales of nuclear shelters and radiation-blocking air purifiers have surged in Japan in recent weeks as North Korea has pressed ahead with missile tests in defiance of U.N. sanctions.
JAPAN
May 9, 2016
Kumamoto to close smaller quake shelters with eye to reopening schools
The city of Kumamoto, hit by deadly earthquakes in April, will start closing some shelters and ask about 2,000 of their occupants to move to different ones with better living conditions, city officials said Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2016
Tokushima group trains abandoned dogs for rescue roles
Local authorities across Japan are struggling to reduce the number of abandoned pets they put down. But a program by Tokushima Prefecture aims to improve the situation by turning unwanted dogs into rescue and therapy animals.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 9, 2015
Unclear guidelines prevent evacuees from keeping pets in many Tohoku municipalities: survey
According to a survey released Tuesday, only 20 out of 42 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures have adopted guidelines on allowing evacuees staying at shelters to keep pets with them.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 1, 2015
Firms promote practical items in times of disaster
With the chances of a destructive earthquake hitting the Kanto region in the next 30 years estimated to be 70 percent, disaster preparedness seems to be on the minds of many people.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2014
Shelters have helped 165 female stalking victims since 2012: survey
At least 165 women fleeing stalkers have taken refuge at temporary public shelters across the nation since fiscal 2012, a survey finds.
EDITORIALS
Aug 17, 2013
Too many abandoned animals
In fiscal 2011, local government-run animal shelters nationwide took in more than 220,000 dogs and cats abandoned by their owners. Roughly 80 percent, around 175,000, of those animals were "put down," a polite euphemism for gassing the animals to death. The pet industry continues to grow in Japan, and yet, an average of 480 animals are killed every day because owners no longer want them.

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