1. The 2nd Trilateral Table Top Exercise (TTX) will be held on March 6-7 2014, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. The Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat (TCS) is the organizer and facilitator of the TTX, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cabinet Office of Japan will be the host of this year.
* The opening session (10:00 – 10:15 a.m.) is open to media. Photography, videotaping, and sound recording will be allowed during this time.
2. After the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 2011, pursuant to the decision of the leaders of Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), and the People’s Republic of China (China) at the 4th Trilateral Summit held in Tokyo, Japan, in May 2011, the 1st TTX was held in Seoul, the ROK, in March 2013. As one of the outcomes of the 3rd Trilateral Heads of Government Agency Meeting on Disaster Management held in Seoul, the ROK, in October 2013, the heads of government agencies from the three countries reaffirmed their commitment to designing regular programs on TTX to prepare for natural disasters.
3. The 2nd TTX is participated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Cabinet Office of Japan; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and National Emergency Management Agency of the ROK. In addition, experts from the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), and Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) will deliver presentations from international and local viewpoints.
4. According to Secretary General Mr. IWATANI Shigeo of the TCS, “the 2nd TTX will increase mutual understanding of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief mechanisms and processes of the affected country (Japan) and assisting countries (China and the ROK) in response to large-scale natural disasters.”
