Chile. The president of the CNTV, Oscar Reyes along with the counselor Esperanza Silva, traveled to Japan in the framework of the last international trip of President Michelle Bachelet before the end of her term.
At the Tokyo Rinkai Disaster Prevention Park, they were informed about how the city is prepared to inform and organize in the face of natural disasters. The park was completed in 2008 and was designed to become the center of operations in the event of a possible major disaster, such as an earthquake, in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
There the president received a presentation on how they coordinate in that disaster center and how they deliver information to television and other media. The place has a gigantic room where they organize the data on different screens and computers.
The authorities met with the authorities of Japan's Public Television, which has about ten thousand workers. There the executives of the channel were able to explain how TV works in case of earthquakes or typhoons, usually through a national network in case of catastrophes. They were also able to share experiences on children's TV production, fiction, sports, and miscellaneous.
