. >> reporter: the meeting has been dubbed the sendai dialogue. named after one of the main cities in the northeast. more than 300 participants have come here from across the world and across japan. they include government officials, experts, and representatives of international organizations. they spent two days talking about the 2011 disaster and subsequent recovery efforts. >> translator: we'ved learned a lot from our disaster recovery efforts. i think it's critical for us to share these lessons with people around the world. and i'm making that another personal mission. >> we'll not be able to prevent the natural hazards that threaten people around the world, but working together we can lower the dangers. prepare better, respond more quickly, lessen the costs, and first and foremost make the lives of people all over the world safer. >> reporter: panel discussions on tuesday focus on preparedness in countries. compiled a report based on the japan earthquake. japanese are woven into their culture. schools, offices, and communities hold regular dr

takafumi terui, nhk world, sendai. >>> two scientist france and the u.s. are sharing this year's nobel prize in physics. they developed different method thods for generating next-generation supercomputers. members of the royal swedish academy of sciences in stockholm made the announcement on tuesday. professor hideshi hara from the ecole normale superieure paris and university of colorado physicist david wineland were honored for their breakthroughs in quantum physics. they studied the interaction of light and matter. the field has been rapidly progressing since the mid-80s. haroche and wineland's research is serving as the basis for super fast computers currently in development. >>> japan's prime minister has achieved something he won't be celebrating. an nhk poll suggests the support rate for yoshihiko noda and his cabinet has fallen to its lowest level since his government was sworn in september last year. nhk surveyed 1,056 people between saturday and monday. participants were aged 20 and older. they gave the cabinet the support rate of 26%. that's dow

they visited the coastal areas around sendai. last year's tsunami washed ashore here, and it almost washed away this elementary school. the principal explained to lagarde and kim how children, teachers, and local residents survived the disaster by following the evacuation plan they had prepared. >> translator: i ordered children in the classrooms and schoolyard to evacuate to the rooftop. >> reporter: he said before last year's disaster, administrators and community members had decided to evacuate to the roof in the event of an energy because the building is the highest in the surrounding area. the conversation about disaster preparedness continued at the sendai dialogue. world bank and japanese officials released a joint statement after the meeting. it urges governments and related organizations to incorporate disaster risk management in old development policies. >> we need to foster a culture of prevention. it's so much more cost effective to invest in the prevention of damage from disasters than it is to invest in -- to wait a

they visited the coastal areas around sendai. last year's tsunami washed ashore here and it almost washed away this elementary school. the principal explained to le guard and kim how children, teachers and local residents survived the disaster by following the evacuation plan they had prepared. >> translator: i ordered children in the classrooms and schoolyard to evacuate to the rooftop. >> reporter: he said before last year's disaster, administrators and community members had decided to evacuate to the roof in the event of an emergency because the building is the highest in the surrounding area. the conversation about disaster preparedness continued at the sendai dialogue. world bank and japanese officials released a joint statement after the meeting. it urges governments and related organizations to incorporate disaster risk management in all development policies. >> we need to foster a culture of prevention. it's so much more cost-effective to invest in the prevention of damage from disasters than it is to invest in -- is to w

many participants spending the day in sendai, taking part in a conference on reducing the impact of natural di assers ac . hosts wanted to give participants something to remind them of their visit to japan. craftsmen in fukushima have been making these little guys for 400 years. they call these stand up dolls. people in the area think of these as a symbol of spirit. that never breaks. you see here every time the doll falls, it rises again. the hosts wanted to say thank you for the support they received, after march 11th. and hope this souvenir might serve as a symbol of recovery for the japanese as well as the global economies. all right, many participants are spending, of course, everyone, spends their days talking about bouncing back from all of that has been happening over the last fewers you. we have spoken with a number of people at international monetary fund. later in the day we'll be getting the view from inside the world bank on some of the challenges for developing countries. we'll have that and lots more coming up at 8:00 japan time. hope you will please stay with us. >>> all rig

on the left-hand side is sendai airport. on the other side, any japan. this is a bird's-eye view of what the tsunami looked like --

. >> reporter: the sendai dialog is a chance for experts to share ideas how to mitigate the risk posed by natural disasters. earthquakes and other events can strike at any time. pinpointing when is not yet possible. people hearsay leare say learni the past and preparing for the future is the best way to save lives. >>> nato secretary general says it is ready to defend turkey if syria does not stop its cross border attacks. the remark by anders is seen as a warning to bashar al-assad to immediately halt the mortar attacks. >> obviously turkey has a right to defend herself. we have all necessary plans in place to protect and defend turkey. >> rasmussen said that a political solution is the best way to stop the conflict in syria. he called on turkey to show restraint. nato views an attack against a member country as an attack on the alliance as a whole. its members can jointly defend the country. until now nato leaders have repeatedly denied the possibility of military intervention in syria. they have said it could destabilize the rejn. region. >>> the international energy agency predicts

now the pentagon confirmed on thursday that in sendai its chief sea jordan the two with some hundred fifty u.s. offices now stationed near the border with restive syrian wasn't claims as to bolster jordan's military capabilities if it's neighbors conflict escalates political analysts alou iraq well believes americans trying to intimidate damascus jordan has long been a better call it a satellite the us is not actually an ally it's a province of the us and so why is the us putting in these troops are first of all to imply that some of syria is threatening jordan which of course is not true syria's got their hands full with the us inspired rebels who were trained by the way in turkey at a us air force base for the past several years before this all started so this is just a way to gin up the tension to bring on more trouble i know i think it's true the u.s. will not use its troops to invade syria but will they try a libyan strategy of simply bombing people endlessly from the air very possible. i had the. security forces once again the last sound at peaceful protest and they demanded po