The New Trend of Disaster Mitigation Education in Japan

To have the students know that there are many kinds of disasters all over the world.

The students study the disasters all over the world by the internet or the books. They draw a world map and write down what they learned on the map.

The students learn that not only the earthquake and the volcanoes which are characteristic of Japanese disasters there a lot of other disasters all over the world. The students realize that most of the disasters take place in the developing countries, especially in Asia. They think what the international contribution should be.