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Disaster Preparedness Manual

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Anyone interested in disaster preparedness might like to check out the new free manual issued by Tokyo city government, lots of interesting stuff in it and apparently it's been a real hit with the citizens:

http://www.metro.tokyo.jp/ENGLISH/GUIDE/BOSAI/index.htm

BBC article on the manual:
Japan: Citizens clamour for Tokyo disaster manual

9 October 2015

A manual to help people in Tokyo prepare for disasters has proved so popular that local officials have complained that they are being sold on the internet for profit.

The 340-page Tokyo Bousai ("Disaster Preparedness Tokyo") appears in a startling yellow cover, and 7.5m copies are being distributed free of charge to Tokyo residents, the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reports. However, there is a growing interest in the manual from people living outside the capital, with the Tokyo government fielding thousands of calls from citizens of neighbouring towns and cities asking how they can get hold if it. Predictably, some have looked to cash in on the manual's popularity, and are selling theirs on online auction sites for "several thousand yen", the paper says.
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Full article here:
http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-34486116
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