Strengthening disaster preparedness and response in Asia Pacific
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Rep. Jim McDermott, Chair
U.S. Congress, WA
Amb. Shunji Yanai, Vice Chair
Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
Ret.
Dr. Michael Green, Vice Chair
Center for Strategic and
International Studies,
Georgetown University
Kevin Ichikawa, Secretary
Japan Central Railway
Tom Dolan, Treasurer
U.S. Pacific Command Center
for Excellence
Board Members
Adm. Walt Doran,
US Navy, Ret.
Raytheon Asia
Rep. Mazie Hirono,
U.S. Congress, HI
Amb. Tom Hubbard,
U.S. State Department, Ret.
McLarty Associates
Yoshiyuki Kasai,
Japan Central Railway
Kensuke Onishi,
Peace Winds Japan
Japan Platform
Gen. Noboru Yamaguchi,
Japan Self Defense Force,
Ret.
National Defense Academy
Dr. Charles Aanenson, CEO
Peace Winds America
More Rain Forecast for Flood-Stricken China
NY Times
August 11, 2010
China Landslide Leaves 21 Missing Amid Floods
MSNBC
July 27, 2010
18 Killed in Indonesia Landslide
CNN
July, 25 2010
Typhoon Chanthu Kills Two, Affects One Million People in
South China
Xinhua
July 23, 2010
Tropical Storm Conson Hits Northern Vietnam
BBC
July 17, 2010
New Typhoon Leaves 20 Dead in Philippines
IRIN Global
July 14, 2010
Senator Webb Resolution Recognizes 50th Anniversary of Treaty of Mutual Security and Cooperation with Japan
Death Toll in China Flooding Climbs to 377
Washington Post,
June 25, 2010
Emergency Supplies Dispatched to Myanmar in Wake of Heavy Rains in the Region
JICA
June 22, 2010
Myanmar Floods... Destroy Schools and Homes
Huffington Post,
June 20, 2010
New Prime Minister of Japan on Foreign Policy
Strong Quake Kills Hundreds in Western China
New York Times,
April 14, 2010
PWA and U.S.Embassy in Tokyo host Disaster Assistance Workshop @ U.S. Embassy, March 25-26, 2010
No deaths in Indonesia quake; tsunami alert lifted
Reuters
April 7, 2010
Shake, Rattle, Seattle
New York Times
March 28, 2010
Don't just wait for Disaster: by Ban Ki Moon
Secretary General of the United Nations
March 24, 2010
Moderate Quake Rattles Taiwan
New York Times
March 4, 2010
Strength of Temblor Doesn't Dictate Damage
New York Times
March 1, 2010
Chile races to deliver aid
CNN International,
March 1, 2010
Aftershocks Jolt Chile as Troops Seek to Keep Order
New York Times, March 1, 2010
Pacific nations gear for tsunami after Chile earthquake
BBC News, Feb. 27, 2010
Disaster Awaits Cities in Earthquake Zones
New York Times, Feb. 25, 2010
Businesses should play a larger role in relief - study
Reuters, Feb. 23, 2010
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Rep. Jim McDermott
Chair, Peace Winds America Board of Directors
Japan - U.S. Sister Cities Natural Disaster Preparedness and Response Exchange: Exchanging Best Practices of Japan and U.S. Disaster Management Teams
Peace Winds America is inaugurating the Sister Cities Natural Disaster Preparedness Program in 2010 with an exchange between Japan and U.S. sister cities. The goal of this multi-year program is to exchange best practices and lessons learned, exploring innovative methods to improve disaster preparedness and response on both sides of the Pacific.
In the first year of the program, Peace Winds America will bring together municipal and state/prefectural disaster managers and planners from the Sister Cites of Seattle – Kobe, San Francisco – Osaka, and Honolulu – Hiroshima, as well as Shizuoka Prefecture and the city of Fukuroi. National officials, NGOs, and military representatives from both countries will also participate. Read more
Pacific Partnership 2010, a U.S. military-led humanitarian assistance program for developing countries in the Asia-Pacific region, finished the first leg of its mission in Vietnam and Cambodia on June 30th. The Partnership brought together militaries and NGOs, 
and for the first time, the Japanese military sailed the JDS Kunisaki alongside lead ship, USNS Mercy.
Peace Winds America and Peace Winds Japan were on board the JDS Kunisaki, and our collaboration with the Japanese military represents an important milestone, explained by Chief of the Self-Defense Forces' Joint Staff Office Ryoichi Oriki, “It was a great experience for us to have worked closely with the forces of other countries and to have teamed up with NGOs for the first time. It will be a great asset in conducting international activities from now on.”
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Within a week of the devastating January 12th earthquake, Peace Winds Japan and Peace Winds America traveled to Port-au-Prince to assess the 
destruction. Presently, Peace Winds Japan staff remain in Port-au-Prince preparing a project (funded through Japan Platform) to resume operations at three schools and distribute emergency supplies. More information and images here.
On March 25 and 26, Peace Winds America co-hosted the 
U.S. – Japan Civil Military Disaster Assistance Workshop with the U.S.Embassy/ Tokyo and USAID Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance.
More than 60 disaster professionals from the Japanese and American militaries, and civilian and private sectors participated: representatives from the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Forces Japan, and U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM); the Japan Ministry of Defense, the Central Readiness Force and Self Defense Forces, and the National Defense Academy; the Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Japan International Cooperation Agency; USAID and the State Department. Civilian and private sector representatives participating included: Peace Winds Japan, Japan Platform, Civic Force, Asia Disaster Reduction Center (ADRC), Shanti Volunteer Association, and Adventist Development and Relief Agency Japan; U.N. World Food Program (WFP); and, the Boeing Company and Mitsubishi Corporation.