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| Introduction
to port and coast administration |
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| Introduction to coastal
measures |
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Upgrades of protection functions against tsunami,
storm surge, etc. |
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| To steadily implement tsunami
and storm surge countermeasures and anti-erosion measures,
the bureau upgrades urban and regional coast protection
functions and actively promotes the creation of safe coasts. |
| To safeguard lives
and property from tsunami in areas with a high probability
of being struck by a tidal wave, the bureau is moving ahead
with construction of tsunami protection stations, which
utilize IT to perform activities such as integrated monitoring
and controlling of facilities such as sluices and collection
and dissemination of earthquake and tsunami information,
and construction of tsunami protection breakwaters. In addition,
as a new system the bureau is establishing storm surge protection
stations, to contribute to the creation of crisis management
organizations in regions where storm surge is a concern. |
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Coast name |
Facilities |
Past tsunami damage |
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Port of Kiritappu
(Hokkaido) |
Tsunami
protection station |
1960
Chile earthquake tsunami, etc. |
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Port of Kuji
(Iwate) |
Tsunami
protection breakwater |
1896
Meiji Sanriku Earthquake tsunami, etc. |
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Port of Kamaishi
(Iwate) |
Tsunami
protection breakwater |
1896
Meiji Sanriku Earthquake tsunami, etc. |
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Port of Ofunato
(Iwate) |
Tsunami
protection station |
1896
Meiji Sanriku Earthquake tsunami, etc. |
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Port of Shimizu
(Shizuoka) |
Tsunami
protection station |
1944
Tonankai Earthquake tsunami |
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Port of Sagara
(Shizuoka) |
Tsunami
protection station |
1944
Tonankai Earthquake tsunami |
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Port of Susaki
(Kochi) |
Tsunami
protection breakwater |
1946 Nankai Earthquake tsunami, etc. |
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| Tsunami protection breakwater
(Kamaishi Port Coast, Iwate Prefecture) |
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| The bureau is emphatically
using the "integrated shore protection system"
to construct furusato coastal maintenance works, which are
tenaciously strong against coastal disasters, offer excellent
facility durability and are superior from other aspects
including coast access. Under this system, coastal protection
facilities such as revetments, sandy beaches and offshore
breakwaters are arranged together in a protective configuration. |
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