Lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: IRIDeS researchers talk about recovery and passing on disaster memories to future generations (1)   ▷Activities to preserve historical materials helps in the recovery of people affffected by a disaster and makes their community more disaster-resilient   Dr. Daisuke Sato D Sato: I co-authored Chapter 26, “Rescuing Historical Materials Owned by Private Families” with Dr. Atsushi Kawauchi. It is esti...

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Lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: IRIDeS researchers talk about recovery and passing on disaster memories to future generations (1) Lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake: IRIDeS researchers talk about recovery and passing on disaster memories to future generations (2)   ▷Considering the housing reconstruction after the Great East Japan Earthquake from an international perspective 　   Maruya: Now, Dr. Maly, please.   Dr. ...

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  Assoc. Prof. Masashige Motoe Disaster Information Management and Public Collaboration Division   　In September 2020, the former school building of Nakahama Elementary School in Yamamoto Town, Miyagi was opened to the public as a site to preserve the ruins of the 2011 disaster. On March 11, 2011, 90 people including school children, faculty members, and parents fled from the approaching giant tsunami to the roof of the school building and spent the night in its at...

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  Associate Professor Hiroyuki Sasaki Disaster Medical Science Division ▷Introduction   Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) are plans that are prepared and formulated for a given business in order to minimize damages, to keep the business’s core parts operational, and to recover quickly in case of emergencies—such as the occurrence of a disaster caused by a natural hazard. In Japan, companies have been taking the initiative in establishing BCPs since the b...

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  Assistant Professor Yohei Inaba Disaster Medical Science Division 　Assist. Prof. Yohei Inaba of IRIDeS is an expert in the field of radiation disaster medicine. His research interests include how to estimate an individual radiation dose quickly during a radiation disaster. Alongside his research and educational activities, Inaba has also started working as a Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) member back in December 2018.   　DMATs consist of trained doctors, n...

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