学校耐震化

(Jun. 23, 2008) The Yomiuri Shimbun
Govts must reinforce schools against quakes
学校耐震化　自治体は補強工事を急げ（6月23日付・読売社説）

Work to reinforce school facilities against earthquakes must be accelerated, given their roles as places for children to study and as emergency shelters for local residents and disaster management bases.
子どもたちの学習・生活の場であり、地域住民の防災拠点でもある学校施設の耐震化を急がねばならない。

In response to growing unease in the country following the recent powerful earthquake in Sichuan Province, China, which destroyed many school buildings, a special measures law on earthquake disaster prevention was revised earlier this month.
中国の四川大地震で多くの校舎が倒壊し、日本でも不安が高まったのを機に、地震防災対策特別措置法が改正された。

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