This article includes the following paragraph:

This article includes the following paragraph:

“The push to create the system came from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami and the 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes. During the 2011 disaster, the central and municipal government sent out information separately about the roads each body respectively managed, and it wasn’t until 12 days after the initial earthquake that the government summarized all the information so a supply route carrying aid to the disaster-hit areas could be established. Additionally, in the case of the Kumamoto earthquakes, because the main shock occurred in the early hours of the morning, it was impossible to confirm the status of the roads from above in the darkness. It took roughly 16 hours until the central government could issue its first report on damage to the road system.”

– Kirk

https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20170730/p2a/00m/0na/001000c