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California records reveal Maui lawmakers, other pandemic travel
Updated
California lawmakers repeatedly traveled out of state last year on interest group-funded trips despite the coronavirus pandemic, according to financial disclosures.
Legislators headed to Portland, Ore., and Seattle in the fall. Some visited a conference in Arizona days before Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered California into a statewide lockdown. Lawmakers went to Japan before the coronavirus swamped California but when it was already present in China.
Documents also confirm POLITICO’s earlier reporting that more than a dozen lawmakers of both parties flew to Hawaii in November and revealed a previously undisclosed attendee: state Sen. Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita), who has since become Senate minority leader.
‘Preparedness crucial for disaster management
National
March 13, 2021
Islamabad: Pakistani ambassador to Japan Imtiaz Ahmad has declared preparedness crucial for the effective management of natural calamities. “Earthquakes are a common occurrence in Japan, so both the residents and authorities have prepared themselves for them in order to reduce their impact. Not only have the residents adequate knowledge but technologies and building codes are there as well to minimise the damage caused by them and ensure smooth relief and rehabilitation operations. We need to replicate the key lessons learned from the Japanese relief operations. In my opinion, preparedness for disasters is the key [to their effective management],” the envoy told an online session marking the 10th year of the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011. The International Press Division at the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs arranged the event, where two Japanese people of Pakistani origin, including Anees Raees
‘Preparedness crucial for disaster management’
Islamabad
March 13, 2021
Islamabad : Pakistani ambassador to Japan Imtiaz Ahmad has declared preparedness crucial for the effective management of natural calamities.
“Earthquakes are a common occurrence in Japan, so both the residents and authorities have prepared themselves for them in order to reduce their impact. Not only have the residents adequate knowledge but technologies and building codes are there as well to minimise the damage caused by them and ensure smooth relief and rehabilitation operations. We need to replicate the key lessons learned from the Japanese relief operations. In my opinion, preparedness for disasters is the key [to their effective management],” the envoy told an online session marking the 10th year of the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011.
Building Post-Covid Supply Chains: Japan and the Americas
Covid has underscored the importance of diversifying global supply chains. For Japan, Latin America provides opportunity.
Keynote
Speakers
Márcia Donner Abreu, Secretary for Bilateral Negotiations in Asia, the Pacific, and Russia, Brazilian Ministry of External Relations
Julio Fiol, Ambassador of Chile to Japan
Jerry Haar, Professor of International Business, Florida International University
Rob Strayer, Executive Vice President for Policy, Information Technology Industry Council
In a Council of the Americas discussion on how to strengthen trade ties between Japan and Latin America through key industries, Teiji Hayashi gave Japan s view on the importance of a “free and open international order” as the basis for a stable supply chain. Ambassador Márcia Donner Abreu gave a presentation on the Brazil-Japan relationship and existing opportunities in the technology and agriculture sectors. Ambassador Julio Fiol l