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On October 14, 2019, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held the third meeting of the Emergency Response Headquarters for Typhoon No. 19 of 2019 at the Prime Minister’s Office.
 
Based on the discussion, the Prime Minister said,
 
“At the disaster affected areas, approximately 110,000 front-line personnel from the police, fire departments, the Self-Defense Forces and the Japan Coast Guard, as well as approximately 100 helicopters, have been devoted to search and rescue activities throughout the day and night, upholding the principle of putting people’s lives first. To this point, we have rescued more than 3,000 people and extended relief. Furthermore, we are also visiting homes directly to conduct thorough safety checks. With respect to the rivers managed by the national government, we have identified 12 cases of the collapse of embankments, and we are conducting emergency repair work at all of those sites day and night. Concerning power outages, which affected 520,000 homes at their peak, 20,000 staff from electric companies across the country are responding to this situation, and as a result, we have reduced the number of homes experiencing power outages to approximately 77,000 as of right now; the Government will continue to exert every effort and cooperate with them towards the early recovery.
 
Furthermore, through the Team to Support the Daily Lives of Disaster Victims that we established today, we will now dispatch 370 government staff to local governments affected by this disaster and identify the needs of each affected region, in order to provide more attentive support to the victims.
 
From today, we will be sending relief materials, including food, beverages, and cardboard beds, to the affected areas one after another through push-mode support. I ask you to advance that support swiftly.
 
At the disaster affected areas, it is expected that there will be a greater need for daily-life support and people may have to stay in evacuation centers for a prolonged period. We will call on approximately 1000 SDF Reserve Personnel so as to provide maximum support, including bathing assistance and water supply assistance. Furthermore, we will continue to conduct surveys with the intent of designating this typhoon as a ‘Disaster of Extreme Severity,’ so that the affected municipalities will be able to exert every effort for emergency response and recovery measures without hesitation.
 
Under the basic policy of doing everything possible, I ask you to continue to focus on local communities, and make every effort to ensure those who are in the affected area can return to their lives with peace of mind as soon as possible.”