World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction Begins in Sendai

SENDAI, JAPAN - MARCH 14: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Vanuatu President Baldwin Lonsdale talk during their meeting on the sidelines of the U.N. Conference on World Disaster Risk Reduction on March 14, 2015 in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. Abe offered a support to the cyclone hit Vanuatu. More than 40,000 people are expected to take part in the conference, which is being held in the Sendai International Center and other venues through March 18. The participants include government representatives and NGO members from more than 170 countries. (Photo by The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images)