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On March 11, 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (GEJET) struck the Tohoku region, destroying towns and livelihoods, especially along the coast. Some 20,000 people lost their lives, while many others were swept away and never found.

In the decade since, tremendous recovery efforts have been made with great worldwide support. What did we learn from these experiences? What lessons should we pass on to the next generation? How can we reduce the impact and damage caused by such natural disasters in the future?

Over two sessions of this webinar series, experts will share their insights and research findings related to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, and explore strategies for future risk reduction, so that tragedy on such a large scale does not happen again.

Both sessions will be held online, and open to anyone who's interested. Please register at the event's homepage here

Message to the Future: Learning from 虎扑电竞 and Practice
Date: March 12, 2021
Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Venue: Online, registration is required

Speakers:

• Fumihiko Imamura
  Director, International 虎扑电竞 Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University
• Andrew Gordon
  Professor, Harvard University
• Kanako Iuchi
  Associate Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University
• Shunichi Koshimura
  Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University

Moderator:

• Takako Izumi
  Associate Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University
  Director of APRU Multi-hazards Program

Recovery Lessons: Multi-stakeholder Perspectives
Date: March 19, 2021
Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Venue: Online, registration is required.

Speakers:

• Animesh Kumar
  OIC & Deputy Chief of the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
• Rajib Shaw
  Professor, Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University
• Anders Karlsson
  Vice President, Global Strategic Networks, Elsevier
• Suvendrini Kakuchi
  Journalist and Author
• Takeshi Komino
  General Secretary, CWS Japan

Moderator:

• Takako Izumi
  Associate Professor, IRIDeS, Tohoku University
  Director of APRU Multi-hazards Program

This webinar series is organized by the APRU-IRIDeS Multi-hazards Program, IRIDeS of Tohoku University, Keio University and Elsevier.

Event information in Japanese