From year to year, sediment disasters are getting more and more frequent and serious in Japan, resulting in the loss of many lives and properties such as houses and public work facilities. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and other government agencies have long been taking various measures for disaster prevention and disaster reduction against sediment disasters. The Sabo Planning Division of MLIT supports the International Consortium on Landslides and the edition of the international journal “Landslides” as an advisory member. The Division also signed the Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020 as the first signatories on 18 September 2019. In Japan, sediment disasters are defined as those caused by “debris flows”, “steep slope failures”, and “landslides”, and both tangible and intangible measures have been implemented constructing structures such as Sabo dams etc., and issuing evacuation precautions, etc. This paper reviews the activities of the Sabo works by MLIT to reduce sediment disasters as a signatory organization of Kyoto Landslide Commitment 2020.

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日本国土交通省萨博部泥沙灾害对策概要

每年，日本的泥沙灾害越来越频繁和严重，造成房屋、公共工程设施等许多生命财产损失。国土交通省等政府机构长期以来针对泥沙灾害采取各种防灾减灾措施。MLIT 的萨博规划部作为顾问成员支持国际滑坡联盟和国际期刊《滑坡》的版本。该司还于 2019 年 9 月 18 日作为首批签署方签署了《京都滑坡承诺 2020》。 在日本，泥沙灾害被定义为由“泥石流”、“陡坡崩塌”和“滑坡”引起的灾害，