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This is the outline of the Iwate prefectural Citizen Plan formulated in March 2020.

The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2023 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.

This is a record of the reconstruction from March 2011 to March 2023 after the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami in Iwate.

This knowledge-sharing document was written with a view to capturing the key lessons from the early response to the long-term recovery of Mabi town.

This article reports on a decade of research undertaken by the author on the role of schools in disaster response and recovery across four different disaster types in five countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

This article explores how social infrastructure plays an important role in our communities, especially in mitigating and recovering from shocks.

This study examines the results of an online survey of Fukushima residents on their impressions of the reconstruction process ten years after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake.

The White Paper on Disaster Management in Japan 2022 provides an overview of current disaster management measures in Japan.