The Second World Conference on Disaster Reduction conference was held in Kobe , Japan from 18 to 22 January 2005 . This conference took on particular poignancy , as it came almost 10 years to the day after the Great Hanshin earthquake in Kobe and less than a month after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami . Japan 's long history of severe natural disasters , prominence in international humanitarian aid and development and its scientific achievements in monitoring dangerous natural phenomena also made it a suitable conference venue
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