Crisis management in Japan & the United States : creating opportunities for cooperation amid dramatic change / edited by James L. Schoff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schoff, James L.

Ōsaka Daigaku. Kokusai Kōkyō Seisaku Kenkyūka.

Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crisis management in government--Japan.

Emergency management.

International cooperation.

Crisis management in government.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 25 cm

Other Title:

Crisis management in Japan and the United States

Place of Publication:

Dulles, Va. : Brassey's, Inc., 2004.

Summary:

Preparing to manage large-scale crises and their consequences is a relatively new, but increasingly important, avenue for U.S.-Japan cooperation. Improvements in communications, computing, and other information-based technologies, more integrated economic activity, and a greater willingness on the part of both countries to join forces in meeting global security challenges have all contributed to a growth in prosperity in Japan and the United States, but they have also given rise to new risks and vulnerabilities to which no single nation can respond adequately on its own. These would include increasingly sophisticated military and terrorist threats, quick-moving IT threats, the fast spread of infectious diseases across borders, and the international consequences of disruptions to critical infrastructures on which both military and civilian operations depend. These facts and others argue for improved national and international crisis management efforts on the part of the United States and Japan.

In recent years, the United States and Japan have each undertaken a dramatic overhaul of various crisis and consequence management structures for the prevention of, and response to, natural and manmade disasters. Precisely at this time of organizational change, the two countries have a unique opportunity to incorporate new patterns of cooperation and to share appropriate resources and technologies for strengthening their abilities to protect their citizens, as well as those of less developed and/or capable third countries. This bi-national study by the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis (IFPA) and the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University examines four recent crises, including the Kobe earth-quake, Tokaimura nuclear accident, and the September 11 terrorist attacks, and analyzes changes now underway in the military and civilian areas of crisis and consequence management in both countries. The study then outlines steps that policy makers can take to promote effective, efficient cooperation and make the most of the U.S.-Japan alliance.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Overview: Change and Opportunity 1

The Rising Profile of Crisis Management 4

Basic Differences and Similarities in the U.S. and Japanese Approaches 7

The Case for Cooperation 10

Summary of Policy Recommendations 16

Chapter 2 Understanding Crisis and Consequence Management in Both Countries 20

In the United States 21

In Japan 25

Chapter 3 Case Studies in Crisis and Consequence Management 32

Kobe/Hanshin Earthquake 33

The Disaster 33

Japanese Planning and Preparedness 34

The Immediate Response and its Shortfalls 36

The Tokaimura Nuclear Accident 41

The Disaster 41

Japanese Planning and Preparedness 43

The Immediate Response and its Shortfalls 44

September 11 Terrorist Attacks in the United States 52

The Attack 52

U.S. Planning and Preparedness 56

Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection 63

The Threat 63

U.S. and Japanese Planning and Preparedness 67

Shortfalls and Lessons 70

Chapter 4 Converging Threats and Responses 77

The Backdrop: U.S.-Japan Security Cooperation 78

Evolution of Crisis Management in Japan 82

Institutional and Legal Changes 83

The Military 90

Consequence Management for Weapons of Mass Destruction 94

Critical Infrastructure and Cyber Security 95

Evolution of Crisis Management in the United States 97

U.S. Homeland Security and Reform 98

U.S. Military 103

U.S.-Japan Cooperation in a Multilateral Context 108

Chapter 5 Recommendations for Cooperation and Collaboration 117

Basic Steps to Facilitate Cooperation 118

Japan 118

United States 119

The "One-Two-Three" Approach 121

1 Crisis/Consequence Traffic Manager for the Alliance Roadway 122

2 Categories of Priority Targets 124

3 Methods of Cooperation 126

Information Exchanges and Lessons Learned 127

Planning and Exercising to Assist 130

Strategic Planning Discussions 131

From Awkward Movement to Flowing Mainstream 132

First Workshop Agenda A1

First Workshop Participants A5

Second Workshop Agenda A8

Second Workshop Participants A13.

Notes:

"A joint U.S.-Japan research project conducted by the Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis, the Osaka School for International Public Policy (Osaka University)."

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1574888943

OCLC:

56017485