THE TRANSITION OF “TOWN OF MEMORIES WORKSHOP” IN THE AFFECTED AREA OF THE GREAT EAST JAPAN EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

2019 ◽  
Vol 84 (764) ◽  
pp. 2139-2149
Author(s):  
Kazuki ISOMURA ◽  
Takayuki TOMOBUCHI ◽  
Osamu TSUKIHASHI
Keyword(s):  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Affected Area

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Suicide Rate Trends in the Tsunami-Disaster-Affected Area Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Crisis ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatsugu Orui ◽  
Suzuka Saeki ◽  
Yuki Kozakai ◽  
Shuichiro Harada ◽  
Mizuho Hayashi
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Suicide Rate ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Short Time Scale ◽  
Psychological Burden ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
Tsunami Disaster ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Miyagi Prefecture ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Background: People who experienced the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE) were expected to have additional levels of psychological burden resulting from the stressful conditions imposed during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic; consequently, suicide rates may increase. Aim: We aimed to carry out continuous monitoring of suicide rates in the affected area following the GEJE under COVID-19 pandemic conditions. Method: This descriptive study monitored the suicide rates of the coastal area of Miyagi Prefecture, where disaster-related mental health activities have been continuing following severe damage caused by the tsunami disaster. An exponential smoothing time-series analysis that converted suicide rates into a smooth trend was conducted. Results: Although the suicide rate in the affected area was higher than the national average in February 2020, it showed a declining trend during the COVID-19 pandemic, while showing an increase trend in the national and non-affected areas. Limitations: Uncertainty about the direct reasons for suicide and the short time-scale observation are the limitations of this study. Conclusion: Although the national suicide rate increased, this was not the case for the affected area. Our findings may provide important lessons for suicide prevention during the COVID-19 pandemic, which needs careful regional monitoring of the state of suicide and of high-risk approaches such as disaster-related mental health activities.

Information Balance between Transmitters and Receivers Based on the Twitter after Great East Japan Earthquake

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 66-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masahiro Moriya ◽  
Mina Ryoke
Keyword(s):  
Nuclear Power ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Specific Information ◽  
Objective Data ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Twitter Account ◽  
The Government

In this paper, Information Balance between supply and demand of information is considered. In general, differences between informational transmitter and receivers are often observed, and it is not so surprising in daily life. However, it would give serious influences for the receivers to make decisions about their next action in the emergency situations like disasters. In this paper, the government is assigned a role as the informational transmitter and the citizen have roles of the receivers. This paper is to find out supply and demand of information (“Information balance”) between government and citizens regarding Great East Japan Earthquake and Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant accident. Information from Government is picked up from tweets of @kantei saigai, official twitter account of Prime Minister’s Office, and total 56 accounts whose profiles have some relationship to the affected area are collected as receiver. According to several analysis performance, we found out following three points. 1) There were information imbalance between government and citizens related to the affected area, 2) citizens required not only objective data about radiation but also impact and countermeasure for that, 3) citizens covered that information imbalance by following media twitter accounts providing prefectural and specific information.

Grasp of Utilization of Social Networking Services in Restoration Process – Interview Survey for N City-Related Citizens of the Great East Japan Earthquake –

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 948-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shosuke Sato ◽  
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Hiroko Koumoto ◽  
Shigeo Tatsuki ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networking ◽  
Ethical Issues ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Social Networking Services ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
Disaster Victims ◽  
Interview Survey ◽  
Share Information

The present study aims to examine the utilization of social networking services in the restoration period after the Great East Japan Earthquake. Interviews administered to users of social networking services, including both disaster victims and non-victims, were conducted in an affected area. The data showed that all the interviewees started using Facebook after the disaster in order to obtain and share information regarding various restoration activities. Respondents used the services to form a new network, which substituted previous local communities, and to gain an understanding of the realities of the affected area and inhabitants. The results also showed that existing ethical issues on the Internet were present in some cases.

Revival of Local Festivals and Religion after the Great East Japan Earthquake

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 227-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshiaki Kimura
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Nongovernmental Organizations ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Human Support

Since the Great East Japan Earthquake on 11 March 2011, local festivals in the affected area have attracted wide attention as an indication of the population’s recovery. Many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and other groups have provided financial or human support to revive these local festivals. In the mass media, reports of these activities are frequently edited to depict heartwarming stories. Why was the festival revived? Does it have any meaning for the affected people? Could this trend be interpreted as a revival of religion in Japan after the disaster? In this paper, I examine the process of reviving a large-scale festival held once every twenty years in a coastal village that was seriously affected by the tsunami. My examination uses two sets of concepts: “deductive” and “inductive” rituals, and “monophonic” and “polyphonic” rituals.

scholarly journals Neurosurgical Service during the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster : Events at Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital, a Reference Hospital in the Affected Area

2011 ◽  
Vol 20 (12) ◽  
pp. 904-912
Author(s):  
Yoshihiro Numagami ◽  
Toshio Kikuchi ◽  
Shuichi Ishikawa ◽  
Misaki Aizawa ◽  
Masatoshi Hino ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Earthquake Disaster ◽  
Affected Area ◽  
Reference Hospital

Re-Increased Male Suicide Rates in the Recovery Phase Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 422-428 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masatsugu Orui
Keyword(s):  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Recovery Phase ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Temporary Housing ◽  
Period Analysis ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
Male Suicide ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Difference

Abstract. Background: Monitoring of suicide rates in the recovery phase following a devastating disaster has been limited. Aim: We report on a 7-year follow-up of the suicide rates in the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, which occurred in March 2011. Method: This descriptive study covered the period from March 2009 to February 2018. Period analysis was used to divide the 108-month study period into nine segments, in which suicide rates were compared with national averages using Poisson distribution. Results: Male suicide rates in the affected area from March 2013 to February 2014 increased to a level higher than the national average. After subsequently dropping, the male rates from March 2016 to February 2018 re-increased and showed a greater difference compared with the national averages. The difference became significant in the period from March 2017 to February 2018 ( p = .047). Limitations: Specific reasons for increasing the rates in the recovery phase were not determined. Conclusion: The termination of the provision of free temporary housing might be influential in this context. Provision of temporary housing was terminated from 2016, which increased economic hardship among needy evacuees. Furthermore, disruption of the social connectedness in the temporary housing may have had an influence. Our findings suggest the necessity of suicide rate monitoring even in the recovery phase.

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