Yokohama City Earthquake Disaster Prevention Strategy

Based on the voices of Motoichi officials who supported the affected areas of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and the citizens' questionnaire on disaster prevention and reduce disaster damage, Yokohama City revamped the Yokohama City Earthquake Disaster Prevention Strategy to strengthen the city's earthquake disaster prevention measures.
Yokohama City Earthquake Disaster Prevention Strategy (PDF: 3,722KB)
The progress up to the drafting of the draft is summarized below.

Based on opinion that had by citizen opinion offer, we devised new Yokohama-shi earthquake disaster prevention strategy (original draft).
New Yokohama-shi earthquake disaster prevention strategy (original draft) (PDF: 3,722KB)

About new Yokohama-shi earthquake disaster prevention strategy (draft), we carried out citizen opinion offer from December 13, 2024 to January 20, 2025 and had 275 people, 482 opinions.
Thank you very much for your valuable comments.
As we summarized way of thinking of Motoichi for conduct result and opinion, we announce.

About citizen opinion offer about new Yokohama-shi earthquake disaster prevention strategy (draft) and way of thinking of Motoichi (PDF: 1,336KB)

Based on the situation of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, Yokohama City is considering a new Yokohama City Earthquake Disaster Prevention Strategy in order to strengthen the city's earthquake disaster prevention measures. As we made new Yokohama-shi earthquake disaster prevention strategy (draft), we raise citizen opinions to have opinion from citizens widely.

From Friday, December 13, 2024 to Monday, January 20, 2025
※It's finished

Please submit in one of the following ways:

Please submit from the electronic application notification system of Yokohama City.

[email protected]
※This address will not be available due to the end of public opinion solicitation.

Please use leaflet (summary version) (PDF: 1,641KB) attached to ward office or public facilities in the city.

045-641-1677

• Your feedback will be used as a reference for future studies.
• Please note that we will not accept opinions over the phone or respond individually to opinions.
• Personal information such as e-mail addresses and fax numbers obtained with the submission of opinions will be properly managed in accordance with the provisions of the "Ordinance on the Protection of Yokohama City Personal Information", and if there is any unclear point in the content of opinions, Used only for the purpose of contact / confirmation.

Based on the analysis of the situation of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, the voices of staff involved in supporting the affected areas, and citizen questionnaires, we created a new earthquake disaster prevention strategy (draft).

1. We will strengthen our pre-disaster preparedness for citizens and local communities, including support for stockpiling at home, measures against earthquakes and fire, earthquake-resistant housing, and maintenance of disaster-prevention parks.
2. We will improve the environment of refuge and enhance our stockpiles so that everyone can live a safe life.
3. We will support the activities of wide-area support units gathered from all over the country and establish disasterrelief supplies as soon as possible.
4. We will accelerate the earthquake resistance of water and sewage systems and the development of emergency transportation routes for evacuation, rescue, and transportation of goods in the event of a disaster, and promote the development of disaster-resistant towns.