Saitama Prefecture Cities Want to Host Disaster Agency; Idea Recalls Meiji-Era Statesman’s Plan to Move Capital to Honjo

Saitama Prefecture Cities Want to Host Disaster Agency; Idea Recalls Meiji-Era Statesman’s Plan to Move Capital to Honjo

Courtesy of Japanese Red Cross SocietyTsunetami Sano (date of photograph unknown) By Masato Tokuhara / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer [posttime] JST, [postdate] SAITAMA — The city of Honjo and three nearby towns in Saitama Prefecture have jointly expressed interest in hosting the headquarters of a disaster preparedness and management agency the government intends to establish. If …