How Japan Combines History & Science To Prepare For Disasters With India witnessing increasing frequency of climate change-induced natural disasters, we ask Satoru Nishikawa of the Nagoya University Disaster Mitigation Research Center about the lessons from Japan's long experience in disaster risk reduction By Mumbai : We are in the midst of unprecedented times, particularly in India. In Mumbai, on the western coast, we've been seeing . How prepared is India for climate-led events or disasters which do not show any synchronicity with past events? How are we able to connect history and a scientific approach to policy-making to manage disaster and build resilient infrastructure? What kind of effort are public policy planners and town planners in cities like Mumbai putting into building resilient infrastructure, both in terms of money and resources? These are some of the questions we asked