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Japan to speed up urban flood and underpass safety measures
At a budget committee session in Japan’s House of Representatives on Oct.
13, Liberal Democratic Party lawmaker Alfiya Eri raised urban disaster planning.
She asked Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi how the approach would change after heavy rain caused flooding in Chiba in August.
Takaichi said she had ordered officials to speed up measures for flooding from rainwater and underpasses.
Underpasses can be vulnerable to flooding, and the prime minister said severe inundation could happen across Japan.
She said urban disaster work would be advanced as part of the country’s national resilience measures.
The government’s next steps are to accelerate this work, though no timetable was given.
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she had instructed officials to speed up measures against urban flooding and hazards at underpasses.
She made the statement during a House of Representatives budget committee session on October 13.
The discussion followed heavy rain in Chiba in August.
Takaichi said large-scale flooding could occur across Japan and that urban disaster-prevention work should advance as part of national resilience measures.
- Who
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and lawmaker Alfiya Eri of the Liberal Democratic Party.
- What
- Takaichi said she had instructed officials to speed up urban flood and underpass safety measures.
- When
- October 13, 2026.
- Where
- A House of Representatives budget committee session in Japan.
- Why
- The discussion followed heavy rain in Chiba in August; Takaichi said large-scale flooding could occur across Japan.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Heavy rain caused flooding in Chiba.
Alfiya Eri asked how urban disaster prevention would be improved after the Chiba flooding, and Takaichi said she had ordered measures to be accelerated.
- Lawmakers involved
- Alfiya Eri and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi
- Prompting event
- Heavy rain in Chiba in August 2026
- Measures to speed up
- Inland flood prevention and underpass safety
- Statement date
- October 13, 2026
What people are saying
I instructed officials to speed up efforts on measures against inland flooding and at underpasses.
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