Japan

Sendai City issues a Sendai DRR Newsletter to share experiences and lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake experienced in Sendai and the Tohoku region, convey measures for preventing and mitigating disasters by various stakeholders, and introduce

This report reviews the availability of data in Japan to report against the indicators recommended to measure the global targets of the Sendai Framework, and identify current gaps.

This publication features accounts from people who lived through the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami, which hit north-eastern Japan on March 11, 2011. They were collected by the youth division of the Tohoku Soka Gakkai in order to share the

This issue of Liaison focuses on disaster preparedness initiatives and looks at how the military, humanitarian and private sectors can all contribute to building stronger communities. It discusses disaster preparedness and how, given that the likelihood

Sendai City issues a Sendai DRR Newsletter to share experiences and lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake experienced in Sendai and the Tohoku region, convey measures for preventing and mitigating disasters taken by various stakeholders, and

This input paper for the 2015 Global Assessment Report explores how public and private agencies can help protect the country’s most vulnerable economic activities and productive sectors to reduce the overall impacts of disasters. The publication presents

This document discusses how almost six years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, despite the overall good recovery progress, some areas have lagged behind and 134,000 evacuees continue to live in displacement. Prolonged and protracted displacement has had profound and disproportionate impacts on the more vulnerable members of society, particularly older people. 

The case study describes the “Ibasho” approach to strengthen the social capital of communities, particularly those recovering from disasters and epidemics, by giving community members of all ages and abilities a place where they can develop deeper