Takumi J-innovators is a popular segment on Science View, a regular program broadcast on NHK WORLD that features Japanese science and technology. This episode of Science View is a special edition on the theme of disaster prevention featuring several of those innovators. Japan is a country with some of the most natural disasters in the world. Its islands are where several of the earth's tectonic plates intersect and are in close proximity to the path of typhoons. Such frequent natural disasters have led the Takumi to develop specialized technology for disaster prevention.