Japan to build 400-kilometer cement sea walls to repel tsunamis

Japan is planning to build a nearly 400-kilometer long chain of cement sea walls to repel future disasters, four years after a tsunami ravaged much of the country's northeastern coast.

Japan hosts meeting on disaster management (Third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction)

A United Nations conference was launched Saturday in Japan on a new framework for managing disaster risks which aims at reducing mortality and economic losses.