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The Development of Disaster Management Laws and Systems After the Great East Japan Earthquake, and Local Resilience

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This chapter provides an overview of disaster management laws and systems in Japan. In particular, this chapter explains how laws have been developed after the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011, and identifies the issues associated with establishing a disaster management system that relies on local resilience. The disaster management laws and systems have been developed based on lessons learnt from large-scale disasters experienced in the past, and also with the objective of minimising damage from the Nankai Trough Earthquake and other disaster events that are regarded as certain to occur in the near future. However, challenges still remain from the aspects of recovery and reconstruction. Also concerning prevention, it is crucial for the citizens themselves to enhance their self-help capabilities, to protect themselves from death and injury, and to protect their property, and for the local communities to strengthen their mutual-help capabilities to support each other.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    For the legal system concerning nuclear administration (including nuclear accidents), refer Shimoyama (2012, pp. 222–233).

  2. 2.

    Concerning the history of disaster management laws and systems after the modern age in Japan, refer Shimoyama (2009, pp. 8–13). Laws and regulations that relate to the administrative response to the GEJE are listed in chronological order in Ota (2012, pp. 209–221).

  3. 3.

    Chuo Bosai Kaigi Saigai Kyokun no Keisho ni Kansuru Senmon Chosakai (2008, pp. 159–162).

  4. 4.

    Shimoyama (2009, p. 10).

  5. 5.

    Bosai Gyosei Kenkyukai (2016, p. 33).

  6. 6.

    Ikuta (2013a, pp. 12–13; 2013b, p. 37), Shimoyama (2013, p. 34).

  7. 7.

    Shimoyama (2013, p. 32), Ikuta (2013a, p. 24).

  8. 8.

    Ikuta (2013a, p. 13).

  9. 9.

    Ikuta (2013a, pp. 70–72).

  10. 10.

    Ikuta (2013a, p. 21).

  11. 11.

    Igarashi (2013, p. 25) notes that national resilience goes beyond building resilience of “national land”.

  12. 12.

    Igarashi (2013, p. 608). Prof. Satoshi Fujii of Kyoto University is a researcher who led the research group mentioned above, and his lectures have also been recorded in the book (see Fujii 2013, pp. 118–137, too).

  13. 13.

    [003/015] 185 – Shugiin Saigai Taisaku Tokubetsu Iinkai – 10, 1, 22 November 2013 [in Japanese].

  14. 14.

    Naikakufu (2014, p. 44).

  15. 15.

    Ikuta (2011, p. 8).

  16. 16.

    See Ikuta (2013a, p. 193). As to one proposal for a reconstruction system which is different from the Act see, Kanseigakuindaigaku Saigaifukkoseido Kenkyusho (2010).

  17. 17.

    Ikuta (2013a, p. 67 and p. 137).

  18. 18.

    Ikuta (2013a, p. 137).

  19. 19.

    Concerning how municipal mergers have deteriorated local resilience, refer Murosaki and Koda (2013).

  20. 20.

    Ikuta (2010, p. 6).

  21. 21.

    Shimoyama (2009, p. 37).

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Ota, N. (2019). The Development of Disaster Management Laws and Systems After the Great East Japan Earthquake, and Local Resilience. In: Shiraishi, K., Matoba, N. (eds) Depopulation, Deindustrialisation and Disasters. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14475-3_15

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