In his speech, he said that all countries must be prepared for natural disasters. Nikai was credited with the idea of advocating 5 November as the World Tsunami Awareness Day. During the two-day deliberation, 72 reports were presented by participating high students. Nigai said that Japan would continue this effort to raise awareness of all peoples because natural disasters hurt everybody. During the first day, high students attending the summit exchanged stories of their experience in dealing with natural disasters.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 27, 2016 06:30 UTC