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Enhancing Japanese-U.S. Cooperation on Crisis and Consequence
Management
Issues Raised by a Large-scale Earthquake in Tokyo
and the Exploitation of the Event by Unknown Assailants
April 10-11, 2002
ANA Hotel
Tokyo, Japan
Agenda
Wednesday, April 10
Welcome and Introduction
Professor Mitsuru Kurosawa, former dean, OSIPP, Osaka University;
Dr. Charles M. Perry, vice president, IFPA; and Mr. David Shear, minister
counselor for political affairs, US Embassy, Japan
Session 1: Scope of the crisis: Impact of a large-scale
earthquake on greater Tokyo, Japan, and U.S. installations in and around
Tokyo
Co-chaired by Prof. Kurosawa and Dr. Perry
This session provided the basis for follow-on discussions, laying out the potential damage that a major earthquake could have on the Tokyo area.
Session 2: Crisis/consequence management and cooperation:
Lessons and current mechanisms
Co-chaired by Prof. Toshiyuki Shikata, Teikyo University, and
advisor to the governor of Tokyo, and Dr. Perry
This session outlined the crisis and consequence management coordination
and cooperation mechanisms currently in place and the initial responses
to the crisis that would be undertaken by the Japanese government at the
various levels (national, local) and the U.S. government, both in Washington
and at facilities in and around Tokyo. It also reviewed lessons learned
on crisis and consequence management from Hanshin and September 11, to include
priorities that arise in the event of a terrorist act.
Session 3: Critical infrastructure dimensions of the
crisis
Co-chaired by Prof. Satoshi Morimoto, Tkushoku University,
and Dr. Jacquelyn K. Davis, executive vice president, IFPA
This session examined specifically the damage that an earthquake or similar catastrophic event would do to critical infrastructures, particularly telecommunications and cyber links, in Tokyo, and how such damage would severely complicate response and coordination of Japanese and U.S. efforts.
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Thursday, April 11
Session 4: Cyber attacks complicating Response and
Management
Co-chaired by MG Noboru Yamaguchi, JGSDF, and Dr. Perry
This session explored a contingency whereby an unknown entity conducts ongoing
cyber attacks on Japanese and Japan-based U.S. cyber infrastructures in
the aftermath of the earthquake, complicating coordination, communication,
and response efforts. This variation adds complexity to response and brings
in law enforcement, intelligence, and cyber response teams.
Session 5: Hazardous materials releases, unknown toxins,
and resonse options
Co-chaired by Ambassador Ryukichi Imai and Dr. Perry
This session discussed the release of hazardous or environmentally damaging materials or substances due to the earthquake, and the detection of the use of toxins/WMD of unknown origin and reviews the capabilities and responses of Japanese government authorities and U.S. facilities and authorities in place and in the continental United States (CONUS) to respond to these incidents. Focus is put on coordination of hazmat/accident response and containment/cleanup capabiltites and the need to identify, deter, and/or apprehend and assailant making use of toxins to increase destruction and chaos.