On October 18-19, 2012, J. F. Oberlin University hosted a multidisciplinary international conference on the March 11, 2011 Tohoku disaster in northeast Japan. Following a keynote speech by Mr. Itsunori Onodera, a Member of the Japanese House of Representatives from Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, scho…
(1) “Nuclear Power in Japan after Fukushima” (2) “Characteristics of the Evacuate Area and the Special Distribution of Radioactive Pollution in Fukushima Prefecture” (3) “TEPCO and Nuclear Energy Politics in Japan”
(1) “A Tsunami of Mud-liquefaction in the 2011 Sanriku Coastal Tsunami and Christchurch New Zealand Earthquakes: Responses and Challenges to Reconstruction and Social Upheaval” (2) “Experiencing Two Earthquakes in Two Places: The 3.11 vs. Tangshan” (3) “Japan’s Tragedy Contrasts with the Indian Ocean Tsunami 2004”
(1) “Role of Schools in Saving Tsunami Victims” (2) “Distribution of Non-Japanese Residents and Support Activities for them in the 2011 Sanriku Coastal Tsunami Earthquake Disaster-stricken Areas” (3) “Coordinating Policy towards Fiscal Preparedness for Natural Disasters”
(1) “Impact of the 2011 Sanriku Coastal Tsunami Earthquake on the Distribution Systems in Tohoku Region” (2) “Image of Tohoku Region as A Center of Manufacturing Industry Brought by the 3.11 Earthquake: Interruption of Car Production of Toyota by Damage of Parts Suppliers in Tohoku Region” (3) “Research on the Impact of the Japanese Earthquake Tsunami to Japanese Auto Enterprises in China and Chinese Auto Market”
(1) “The Social Structures of Victimization of Fukushima Residents” (2) “The Internet Age Parents and Children after the 2011 Sanriku Coastal Tsunami Earthquake” (3) “Geospatial Crisis Mapping Project by Neo-geographers Using Free and Open Source Software”
(1) “The Cases of Two Tsunami Story Tellers Who Experienced Tsunami Disasters Twice in Their Lifetime” (2) “Agricultural Damage in the Sendai Plain and the Road to Recovery” (3) “Scholarly Publication in the University Press of the 2011 Sanriku Coastal Tsunami Earthquake”
(1) “Tsunami Flow and Its Characteristics on the Coastal Plains of Tohoku Region” (2) “Tsunami Damage and the Road to Recovery of Onagawa Town” (3) “Earthquake and Tsunami in Taro Town”
(1) “After the Earthquake and Tsunami: Landscape of Loss” (2) “Historical Geography of the Japanese Tsunami” (3) “Tsunami and Earthquakes in Japanese Literature”