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Tadateru Konoé

Tadateru Konoé is president of the Japanese Red Cross Society. Since 2005, Tadateru has dedicated his entire professional career to domestic and international Red Cross and Red Crescent activities.

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Humanitarian response
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Opinion: Advice for my successor, the next president of IFRC
2 Nov 2017
In November, IFRC President Tadateru Konoé will hand over the reins of the world's oldest humanitarian organization. Here's his advice for his successor.
Contributor: Tadateru Konoe
Contributor: Tadateru Konoe
Can disaster preparedness keep pace with technological change?
6 Mar 2014
Even in a developed country like Japan, the scale of a disaster like the 2011 tsunami shows we need to prepare better — not just for the predictable, but the unthinkable. In a guest opinion, IFRC President Tadateru Konoe draws on lessons learned after dealing with the catastrophe.
Contributor: Tadateru Konoé
Contributor: Tadateru Konoé
We have been here before: Lessons in resilience after Typhoon Haiyan
13 Jan 2014
The 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004 taught valuable lessons. The challenge now is to apply these in Red Cross recovery programs in the Philippines, IFRC President Tadateru Konoé says in this guest commentary.
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