Rebuilding the Lives of Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Related Disasters

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  • 東日本大震災における福島県の被災者生活再建の課題(<特集2>震災・災害と社会政策)

Abstract

The earthquake that struck northeastern Japan on 11 March 2011 and the subsequent tsunami and nuclear disasters have wrought damage on a scale both larger and of a different nature from that of the 1995 Kobe earthquake. In Fukushima Prefecture in particular, over 150,000 people remain evacuated, with more than 60,000 of these taking refuge outside their home prefecture. At the time of this survey, six months after the multiple disasters, victims were facing extraordinary challenges with a) the breadth of the evacuee diaspora, b) the undetermined duration of this evacuation and c) the variety of forms this evacuation has taken, not to mention stress from isolation and worry. Survey responses collected in September 2011 from villagers and townspeople forcibly evacuated from 8 towns and villages in the Futaba region shed light on the difficulties people continue to face, and are the focus of this study. Even after 18 months of reconstruction, several barriers remain in achieving job and financial security. Japan can learn, from the experiences of other countries around the world, how to provide effective support based on respect for individuals, with a view toward eventual autonomy.

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  • CRID
    1390282681095487872
  • NII Article ID
    110009688483
  • DOI
    10.24533/spls.4.3_72
  • ISSN
    24332984
    18831850
  • Text Lang
    ja
  • Data Source
    • JaLC
    • CiNii Articles
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    Disallowed

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