(DRM) in Japan by focusing on the country's emergency preparedness and response (EP&R) system. Chapter 1 describes the … present state of the DRM system in Japan from a holistic viewpoint, with case studies of three major disasters that have … Isewan Typhoon in 1959, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (Kobe Earthquake) in 1995, and the Great East Japan Earthquake and …