2024.01.10
The disaster continues early in the new year. A major earthquake occurred in Japan on New Year's Day, followed by a plane crash the next day. Iran's explosion overseas as well. There are still wars and conflicts. Our salary hasn't increased much, but my stock has skyrocketed. What's going on? What will happen next? It's a gloomy and mysterious beginning.
Various people have expressed various opinions regarding earthquake relief response, investigation of the cause of aircraft accidents, and countermeasures, but most of them are from a symptomatic perspective. When it comes to the initial earthquake relief response, there is a lot of discussion about whether the Self-Defense Forces were slow or insufficient in deploying the Self-Defense Forces, but there is little mention of the fact that information gathering and understanding of the actual situation were insufficient before the time was too late, more or less. . The truth is unknown whether the information was put out in a rock-paper-scissors game or because of confusion in information gathering, but it cannot be denied that the information gathering system was undeveloped and inadequate in the first place. The Noto Peninsula is a wonderful place with beautiful scenery and delicious food. I have traveled by car several times, and Oku-Noto in particular is really far and deep. So, in terms of crisis management, why didn't they place emphasis on information gathering by air rather than land, and initial response by air or sea? I can't help but find it strange that it's not even mentioned that much. It is difficult to save lives in places with such complex terrain unless we get a bird's-eye view of the area and consider logistics. I may be an amateur in disaster preparedness, but even Japan's leaders are ignorant about this area. I think the results would have been slightly different if the opinions of those who were familiar with the situation had been considered. Also, in terms of infrastructure, the fact that the roads were damaged was fatal. Looking back at Japan as a whole, it can be said that this is an area that has suffered from the concentration of resources in urban areas.
I have a feeling that the perpetrator will become the victim next. Specifically, if a major earthquake were to occur in Tokyo, Japan would almost be destroyed. This should expose the weaknesses of the radial design. An urban design in which government offices and businesses surround the Imperial Palace in a radial pattern means that there will be no escape route in the event of an emergency. This becomes a factor that doubles the tragedy. This is because roads, including railways, become clogged. In recent years, people have noticed this bug and have strengthened bypasses such as the Loop Line, but it is too late. It is the law of nature that people and things flow toward the center, just as rivers flow into the sea. 1:n, with hubs at JR Tokyo Station and Haneda Airport. If we don't do n:n, which includes air routes, detour roads, and detour railways, we will be in serious trouble. In the past, wise men who realized the horror of this situation advocated relocating the capital and establishing a county/state system, but the most efficient way to promote postwar development was to concentrate on one area, but this did not work.
