The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's first Internet use study group to spread infection Experts remotely participate March 12 at 12:57
Following the spread of the new coronavirus infection, postponements and cancellations were successively held at national study groups and symposiums where a large number of people gathered, and the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism used the Internet system for the first time on April 4 A study meeting was held with participation from remote locations.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism held a study meeting to discuss measures against landslide disasters following the typhoon damage last year, including experts from universities, staff from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Japan Meteorological Agency. , About 50 people were scheduled to participate, but due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the meeting was changed to a workshop in which the Internet system was used for remote participation.
About 30 minutes before the study meeting, a large monitor screen installed in a conference room of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism shows a laboratory of a university of an expert in Kyoto or Hiroshima, etc. Was being checked.
During the study meeting, the screens of the participants sometimes stopped working, but the participants exchanged information without any problems, and they discussed a major policy for preventing sediment-related disasters in the future.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism said, “At first we considered postponing the study meeting, but we decided to hold the Internet via the Internet because it is necessary to arrange measures for landslide disasters early by the time of heavy rain. I want to go. "