Climate change and rapid urbanization in Asia and the Pacific are intensifying water scarcity, flooding, and pollution. Effective water resources management is crucial for ensuring equitable access to clean water, mitigating disasters, sustaining food security, and promoting economic growth. Discover how Japanese technology solutions can enhance water resource management in Asia and the Pacific.
The International Centre for Water Hazard and Risk Management under the auspices of UNESCO (ICHARM) offers flood risk management tools, free simulation software for flood inundation analysis, virtual reality system, and resources for flood emergency response
RIAD is a monitoring technology for grasping transport amount of floating debris on riverine surface which can distinguish natural and anthropogenic debris
RisKma is a cloud-based OS that enables disaster information aggregation, flood forecasting/early warning, and disaster prevention action support
NIED's Large-Scale Rainfall Simulator has the world's largest rainfall area and sprinkling capacity, and can produce rainfall intensities between 15 and 300 mm/hr
FloodS is an online flood simulation tool that supports mitigation planning by evaluating effect of flood flow control measures
GSMaP is a global precipitation map, where users can easily monitor the spatial extent of rainfall in real-time
This country page is supported by Japan Water Forum. Click on the links below to find out more about Japanese solutions, innovative technologies and knowledge resources in the fields of Green Infrastructure, Digital Transformation and Flood Protection.
JAXA Realtime Rainfall Watch shows global precipitation map called "Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation" (GSMaP). Users can easily monitor the spatial extent of rainfall in real-time including heavy rainfall and typhoons/cyclones.