The study of a council for disaster prevention from a perspective of "The Consultation Unit" Fukuoka Meteorological Headquarters A council is gradually adopted for consensus building in participants of consultations in many policy issues. Disaster Prevention is no exception. This paper alies the concept of "The Consultation Unit" which is defined in the study of lateral coordination in Japanese bureaucracy to disaster prevention. Then I consider the attribute of a council for disaster

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... . I clarified that installation of the council for disaster prevention act as restriction on competence for regulation of local government. As a result, the council for disaster prevention strengthen the effect of disaster prevention information without spending much cost directly caused by lockout, evacuate and harmful rumor.