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With the aim of raising awareness and changing behavior regarding disaster prevention, a disaster prevention seminar event for university students was held at the Nippon Cultural Broadcasting Media Plus Hall on February 24, 2026, with the cooperation of the Japanese Red Cross Society.

A high percentage of university students live alone, and in the event of a disaster, they will be required to make evacuation decisions on their own. We held a disaster prevention seminar event, hoping that by learning about disaster preparedness in advance, we could help them make decisions in an emergency. This seminar was held ahead of the new curriculum that the Japanese Red Cross Society will be fully implementing from April, and focused on evacuation behavior.

Part 1: Talk session (guest: Mayurika)

When the topic of conversation turned to "What would you like to put in your emergency bag and give to your partner?", Sakamoto revealed that she already had an emergency bag prepared at home. While Sakamoto said that she did it because "I have a family" and "I have something to protect," Nakatani recommended lip balm, something that Sakamoto often loses, as something she would like her partner to add to the bag. She also shared an episode full of love for her partner, where she said that when Sakamoto loses her lip balm, she sometimes borrows it from her partner Nakatani.
At the end of the talk session, Nakatani, who collects figurines, proposed that the "Evacuation Switch" would be the signal to activate the evacuation switch, which he had deliberately placed in an unstable position and which would then fall over all at once. He concluded by saying that since it is he himself who must be protected, he wanted to think of this as something that concerns him personally.
Both Mayurika members are from Kobe and experienced the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake when they were children. It was an opportunity for them to update their memories of the time, of fear and confusion, to a mindset of "preparing" to protect themselves.

Part 2: Red Cross Disaster Prevention Seminar (Theme: Evacuation Switch)

During the seminar portion, participants first checked the "dangers at home and in the area" while checking hazard maps. They confirmed the situation in the area where they live. Afterwards, they exchanged opinions with other participants, making the issue personal, with one participant saying, "The river was closer than I thought, so even though I live on a high floor, I realized I needed to be careful." They also thoroughly understood the dangerous areas in their areas and the types of disasters that could be expected, and considered their "evacuation switch." Through various exercises, the participating students were given the opportunity to discover their own unique "evacuation switch."

Participant comments

・As Mayurika said, I think it's important to always have a disaster preparedness bag on hand.
-I currently live with my pet, and since it is a senior dog, I wanted to use today as an opportunity to think carefully about how we can evacuate together.
・I think it's a good idea to keep not only your smartphone but also your mobile battery fully charged.
-The lighting in my house is a hanging light, so I thought it would be dangerous if it shook, so I wanted to turn on the evacuation switch.

We will continue to work to ensure that disaster prevention is seen as something that concerns us personally.

J:COM is participating in the project "ACTION! Disaster Prevention and Mitigation - Take Action Now for Your Life" organized by the Japanese Red Cross Society.
This project focuses on March, the month of the Great East Japan Earthquake, and aims to raise awareness of the future, promoting the importance of disaster preparedness, and creating a movement to raise disaster prevention awareness throughout Japan. For more information, click here