Sally Furniss
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Japanese PM calls for Asia-Pacific network against disasters, pandemics
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivered a key foreign policy speech Thursday, calling on Asia-Pacific nations to jointly build a network to better prepare for disasters and pandemics such as earthquakes, tsunami and bird flu.
Fukuda said that Japan will take the initiatives to boost further development in the Asia-Pacific region and pursue a foreign policy on disaster management cooperation in the wake of the devastating earthquake in China and the cyclone that hit Myanmar.
He said that a certain mechanism, along with the network, should be created to enable immediate and coordinated disaster relief operations in the event of a massive disaster.
The Japanese prime minister also made "five commitments" on Asia's development -- to support ASEAN's effort to build a community by 2015, reinforce the Japan-U.S. alliance to maintain the stability in Asia and the Pacific, make Japan a peace-making nation, promote human exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region, and strive to tackle climate change.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6416788.html
Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda delivered a key foreign policy speech Thursday, calling on Asia-Pacific nations to jointly build a network to better prepare for disasters and pandemics such as earthquakes, tsunami and bird flu.
Fukuda said that Japan will take the initiatives to boost further development in the Asia-Pacific region and pursue a foreign policy on disaster management cooperation in the wake of the devastating earthquake in China and the cyclone that hit Myanmar.
He said that a certain mechanism, along with the network, should be created to enable immediate and coordinated disaster relief operations in the event of a massive disaster.
The Japanese prime minister also made "five commitments" on Asia's development -- to support ASEAN's effort to build a community by 2015, reinforce the Japan-U.S. alliance to maintain the stability in Asia and the Pacific, make Japan a peace-making nation, promote human exchanges in the Asia-Pacific region, and strive to tackle climate change.
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6416788.html