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The Japan earthquake and tsunami prompted extensive damage, including the nuclear meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

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2023

How social infrastructure saves lives: a quantitative analysis of Japan's 3/11 disasters

This article explores how social infrastructure plays an important role in our communities, especially in mitigating and recovering from shocks.
Japanese Journal of Political Science
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From lessons of 3/11, Japan scientists share knowledge of disaster resilience across Pacific

Some Japanese scientists are shifting their focus toward passing on that knowledge to the rest of the disaster-prone Pacific Rim in order to help ensure that other nations are adequately prepared in the event of their own 3/11.
Japan Times Ltd., the
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The adverse health effects of disaster-related trauma

A new study has found that Individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds are more likely to experience disaster-related home loss, and they are also more likely to develop functional limitations following the disaster.
Boston University
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2022

Impact of socioeconomic status and demographic composition on disaster mortality: Community-level analysis for the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami

This research addressed the effects of socioeconomic status and demographic composition on mortality in the 2011 Tohoku tsunami using community-level data.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
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40% of public housing for 2011 Japan quake victims lies in tsunami hazard zones

About 40% of public housing provided for those affected by the devastating March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, are at risk of flooding from the highest envisioned level of tsunami.
Mainichi Newspapers Co., Ltd., the - Mainichi Daily news, the
A resident walks past a collapsed house in the aftermath of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake
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Months of gravity changes preceded the Tōhoku earthquake

Using GRACE satellite data, researchers discovered anomalous gravimetric signals that occurred before a seismic event that started deep within Earth.
Eos - AGU
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2022

Mechanism of an evacuation cascade during the 2011 Tohoku tsunami inferred from an evacuation simulation incorporating communications in social networks

An integrated evacuation simulation method that combines a numerical communication model on social networks and a detailed physical evacuation simulation is developed in this paper.
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (Elsevier)
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Documents and publications
2021

Regional differences in cognitive dissonance in evacuation behavior at the time of the 2011 Japan earthquake and tsunami

This paper constructs an evacuation decision-making model that takes cognitive dissonance into consideration. The purpose of this construction is to clarify the psychological mechanism for the evacuation behavior of residents during an emergency
Natural Hazards (Springer)
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Coastal exposure and residents’ mental health in the afected areas by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami

This study aims to confirm whether there was an association between sea visibility and coastal proximity and mental health.
Nature Scientific Reports
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2021

Natural disasters and the reshaping of global value chains

To understand the longer term consequences of natural disasters for global value chains, this paper examines trade in the automobile and electronic sectors after the 2011 earthquake in Japan.
World Bank, the

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