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New Book Published: \u201cJapan\u2019s Worst-case Scenarios: The Nine Blind spots\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n Press release<\/a><\/p>\n We are pleased to announce that a new RJIF book titled \u201cJapan\u2019s Worst-case Scenarios: The Nine Blind spots (in Japanese)\u201d has been published from Shincho-sya Publishing Ltd on March 15, 2013.<\/span><\/p>\n After RJIF\u2019s first project, \u201cThe Independent Investigation Commission on the Fukushima Nuclear Accident<\/strong>\u201d, it was evident that Japan\u2019s crisis management system was vulnerable. Therefore we initiated the \u201cCrisis Management Project<\/strong>\u201d<\/a> in May 2012. We focused on 9 crises that Japan may face in the near future such as natural disasters, terrorism and military clashes and evaluated the current system\u2019s issues.<\/p>\n In the project, we had 11 scholars and specialists determine the crisis management blind spots by looking at worst case scenarios per theme. Furthermore, we wanted to determine the process that would be taken if such crises were to occur. We had five researchers and experts conduct an inter-disciplinary analysis of the cases from five different viewpoints (the legislative system, state-citizen cooperation, external strategy, government and communication) and suggest necessary counter-crisis measures. On the occasion of publication, we had editors conduct a rewrite based on the established scenario from the discussions between the authors of each topic and research members.<\/p>\n The project core members presented the outline of the 9 worst case scenarios and the results of the analyses at CLSA seminar 2013 held on February 27th.<\/p>\n