(さいがい)

disaster

(じょうほう)

information

(つたえかた)

way of conveying

(しらべる)

to investigate; to survey

(おおきな)

big (attrib.)

(おきる)

to happen, occur

(ひとびと)

people

(ただしい)

correct; right; proper

(つたえる)

to convey / to tell

(たいせつ)

important

(くに)

country; the government

(だす)

to serve, put out

(あたらしい)

new

(ほんとうに)

truly, really

(じゅうみん)

resident

(とどく)

to arrive; to reach; to be delivered

(かんがえる)

to think; to consider

(さいきん)

recently

(スマートフォン)

smartphone

(ぼうさいむせん)

disaster prevention radio

(だされる)

to be issued

(ひなん)

evacuation

(しじ)

instruction / direction

(わかりにくい)

hard to understand

(ていでん)

power outage / blackout

(もんだい)

problem

(こんご)

from now on; in the future

(つたわる)

to be handed down, transmitted

(くわしい)

detailed

(よてい)

plan, schedule

(だれも)

everyone / anyone

(わかりやすい)

easy to understand

(あんぜん)

safety

(しくみ)

structure, system, mechanism

(つくる)

to make

(できる)

to be able; to be made

(いろいろ)

various

embedded question (where/who/what, etc.)

Used with どこにいるか to indicate people whose location (where they are) is unknown.

whether or not

Used with embedded questions to express uncertainty about whether something is true. Here it introduces what the research lab is trying to determine about the bear.

need to / necessary to

Expresses necessity. Here it states that congressional discussion is required by law for military attacks.

doing things like ~ and ~

Lists representative actions among several. Implies there are other actions too. Used twice in this article.

intends to / as

「仕組みを作りたいとしている」と、国の意図・方針を示す表現です。

want to ~

Verb stem + たい to express desire.

災害の情報の伝え方を調べる

Investigating how to convey disaster information

大きな災害が起きたとき、人々に正しい情報をどう伝えるかが大切だ。

When a major disaster occurs, how to convey correct information to people is important.

国は、災害のときに出した新しい情報が、本当に住民に届いたかどうかを調べる必要があると考えている。

The government believes it needs to investigate whether the new information issued during a disaster actually reached residents.

最近の災害では、スマートフォンや防災無線でいろいろな情報が出された。

In recent disasters, various pieces of information were sent out via smartphones and disaster-prevention radio.

しかし、避難の指示が分かりにくかったり、停電で情報が届かなかったりする問題もあった。

However, there were also problems, such as evacuation instructions being hard to understand and information not reaching people due to power outages.

国は今後、情報がどのように伝わったかを詳しく調べる予定だ。

From now on, the government plans to investigate in detail how the information was conveyed.

そして、誰もが分かりやすく安全に避難できる仕組みを作りたいとしている。

And it says it wants to create a system that everyone can easily understand and use to evacuate safely.