March 11, 2021
This year (2021) marks 10 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake and 5 years since Kumamoto Earthquakes. We must not forget the scars that yet remain and must pass on the lessons learned at the sacrifice of great many to future generations. To date, RISTEX has supported numerous R&D and the social implementation of their outputs aimed to resolve issues faced by victims and affected areas, in order to contribute to recovery/reconstruction from the earthquake disasters. Here, among numerous R&D projects, we would like to pick up 3 projects - we look back on their outputs and describe some of the subsequent developments and activities.
Life-Saving Restoration of Coastal Zone / Community-Based Reconstruction
ISHIKAWA Mikiko (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University)
While supporting the community relocation of Sennan Alluvial Flats, including Tamaura District of Iwanuma City, Miyagi Prefecture, which was severely damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, this project has developed/demonstrated methods related to the formulation of reconstruction planning and urban/regional plans. At the time of Kumamoto Earthquakes, too, these research outputs were used in the conduct of reconstruction actions.
Click here for the overview of outputs and further developments of this R&D Project (Available in Japanese)
Related Information (Available in Japanese)
- Redevelopment of Tsunami Impacted Coastal Region to Save Life and to Implement Disaster Resilient Community, "Creating Community-based Robust and Resilient Society" R&D Focus Area, RISTEX (2012.11-2015.10)
- Project Completion Report, Promotion of Social Implementations of Solutions Related to the Kumamoto Earthquakes, RISTEX (2017.7-2018.3): Community-Based Reconstruction and Recovery of Cultural Landscape After the Kumamoto Earthquakes
- "9 Years of Support for Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake," Chuo University
- News, Chuo University
- Green Infrastructure Lab, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University
Related Awards
Activities related to reconstruction following the Great East Japan Earthquake supported by Professor Mikiko Ishikawa and her lab received the following awards:
- September 2020: Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award, Award for Greening Merit, Greening Competition (Miyagi Prefecture, Nissay Green Foundation)
- October 2020: Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Award, the 40th Green City Award (Tamaura-Nishi Machizukuri Resident Committee)
- Development of Life Recovery Support System for a Possible Tokyo Metropolitan Eathquake, Implementation-Support Program, RISTEX (2012.11-2015.10)
- Project Completion Report, Promotion of Social Implementations of Solutions Related to the Kumamoto Earthquakes, RISTEX (2016.4-2017.3): Implementation of "A Life Recovery Support System" Using the Victim Database for Kumamoto Earthquake Victims
- Achievements, JST (FY2016): Implementation of a Life Recovery Support System
- October 2014: "A Life Recovery Support System for Disaster Victims" Good Design Award, Japan Institute of Design Promotion
- (reference) September 2018: FY2018 Award for Distinguished Contribution to Disaster Prevention, the Minister of State for Disaster Management, Cabinet Office
- Intergenerational and Interregional Risk Communication through Disaster Evacuation Map, "Creating Community-based Robust and Resilient Society" R&D Focus Area, RISTEX (2014.10-2017.9)
- "NIGESHIRUBE"
Web version of the evacuation map which enables users to easily check the conceptional drawing of the evacuation map.
Upgraded on February 5, 2021 (Yoshino Laboratory, Wakayama University) - Special Website to look back on the 10 years after the Earthquake Disasters, Meiji University
- Special exhibition "Disaster and Future" - 10 Years after the Great East Japan Earthquake -
March 6, 2021- March 28, 2021 at Special Exhibition Zone, 1st floor, Miraikan
Panel displays and movie projections regarding the evacuation map creation - June 2018: Educational achievement award, Architectural Institute of Japan
Isami Kinoshita, Toshiya Yamamoto, Community Design Partners for Children's Safety, and others - Program for Integrated Implementation Activities to Improve the Living Environment of Temporary Housing
TAMBA Fuminori (Associate Professor, Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Fukushima University) - Rapeseed (Nanohana) Project for Restoring Tsunami-Salt Damaged Farmland
NAKAI Yutaka (Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University) - Evaluation of Heavy Metals-Contaminated Soils in the Disaster-Striken Area
TSUCHIYA Noriyoshi (Professor, Graduate School of Environmental Sciences, Tohoku University) - Water Purification in Closed Water Area and Recovery of Aquaculture by the Use of Large-Scale Microbubble Generators
OONARI Hirohumi (Professor, National Institute of Technology, Tokuyama College) - Objective Assessment of Fatigue in Victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Their Supporters and Disease Prevention Support
YOSHIDA Toshiko (Professor, School of Nursing, Miyagi University) - Improvement in Sanitary Conditions in the Areas Affected by the Disaster and Preparation of Resilient City Infrastructure Against Disasters With the Introduction of Portable Urine Diversion Toilets
SHIMIZU Yoshihisa (Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University) - Establishing a Foothold for Nationwide Expansion of Tsunami Education Using a Comprehensive Tsunami Disaster Scenario Simulator
KATADA Toshitaka (Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Gunma University) - Diffusion and Popularization of Biodegradation Disposal System for Oil Spill Recovery
KOTANI Kimito (Chief Researcher, Regional Resources Division, Oita Industrial Research Institute)
Implementation of "A Life Recovery Support System" Using the Victim Database for Kumamoto Earthquake Victims
TAMURA Keiko (Professor, Headquarters for Risk Management, Niigata University)
Aiming for a swift transition to post-disaster reconstruction/livelihood recovery, this project has introduced a mechanism which correctly certifies the extent of building damage and issues disaster victim certificates fairly and smoothly, and built a speedy livelihood recovery support system, including the digitization of the victim database, with no mistake or omission. Initiatives to promote their utilization are still ongoing.
Click here for the overview of outputs and further developments of this R&D Project (Available in Japanese)
Related Information (Available in Japanese)
Related Awards
Promotion of Intergenerational/Interregional Cooperation Through Evacuation Map Creation
KINOSHITA Isami (Professor, Graduate School of Horticulture, Chiba University)
Applying the evacuation map creation method devised to support the reconstruction and community building in the area stricken by tsunami after the Great East Japan Earthquake, activities have been continuously conducted to date to promote risk communication between generations, and to work toward interregional cooperation, thereby creating a strong and flexible society with the reconfiguration of self-help and mutual help together with a new interregional cooperation.
Click here for the overview of outputs and further developments of this R&D Project (Available in Japanese)
Related Information (Available in Japanese)
Related Awards
A List of Leading Projects That Focused on R&D Related to the Great East Japan Earthquake
* Affiliations and positions at the time of project completion
A List of Leading Projects That Focused on R&D Related to Kumamoto Earthquakes
* Affiliations and positions at the time of project completion
Implementation-Support Program [Call for Proposal-Type]
TAMURA Keiko (Professor, Risk Management Office, Headquarters for Risk Management, Niigata University)
TAMBA Fuminori (Associate Professor, Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences, Fukushima University)
SHIROUZU Mako (Associate Professor, Faculty of Administration, Prefectural of University of Kumamoto)
SUZUKI Shingo (Deputy Manager Research Fellow, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience)
"Creating Community-based Robust and Resilient Society" R&D Focus Area
- Agricultural Aid and Farmland Restoration Volunteer System Install Support to the Kumamoto Earthquake Site
ASAHIRO Kazuo (Associate Professor, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University) - Earthquake Recovery in Community-Dependent Historic Towns
YOKOUCHI Hajime (Associate Professor, National Institute of Technology, Oyama College) - Community-Based Reconstruction and Recovery of Cultural Landscape After the Kumamoto Earthquakes
ISHIKAWA Mikiko (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University)
Related Information
- Initiatives taken by RISTEX following the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Flexiblly Responding to Disasters by Risk Reduction and Early Restoration (examples of R&D outputs) (Available in Japanese)
- "Creating Community-based Robust and Resilient Society" R&D Focus Area (completed in FY2017)