Sun. Jun 6, 2021 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Ch.02 (Zoom Room 02)

convener:Hitoshi Nakai(Kobuchisawa Research Institute for Nature and Education), Mamoru Hayashi(University of TOYAMA), Tetsuhiko Asano(Senshu University Matsudo Junior High School High School), Chairperson:Mamoru Hayashi(University of TOYAMA), Tetsuhiko Asano(HunabashiKeimei High School), Hitoshi Nakai(Kobuchisawa Research Institute for Nature and Education)

The year 2021 marks the 10th anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake. The severity and scale of the damage also shocked people who lived outside the disaster area. However, since earthquakes and floods have occurred regularly in various places since then, anyone who is not directly affected has tended to become oblivious of how reconstruction is progressing following the massive quake. The government designated the first five years after the disaster as an intensive reconstruction period, and the next five years, that is, the years up to March 2021, as the first period of reconstruction and creation. According to the "Roadmap and Prospects for Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake" posted on the Reconstruction Agency website, both private housing and public housing for disaster victims are now 99% complete. It states that most of the infrastructure was restored by the end of the intensive reconstruction period. In addition, it is reported that, as of August 2020, the number of evacuees has decreased from the initial 470,000 to 43,000. However, the lives of these 43,000 people under the conditions of evacuation are still severely impaired. Of these, 37,000 in Fukushima Prefecture (as of July 2020) are still unable to return to the towns and villages where they used to live. However, these numerical data cannot clearly convey a realistic picture of how people work and live, the status of their physical and mental health, and cannot evoke in us a sense of empathy for the victims. Therefore, the convenors would like to make this session an opportunity to get to know the current situation of the victims by inviting those involved in reconstruction to give lectures. We believe this session will provide useful information for recovery from future catastrophes.