Research and Reflections on Fukushima Today

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Six years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant accident, while regional reconstruction is progressing gradually, there are still people who are suffering, many of whom have not been able to return from evacuation while trying to reconstruct their lives.

A research group from Fukushima University has studied the damage caused by this disaster, as well as the evacuation of the victims, and the influence this has had on the local community.

On Feb. 21, you can be part of a timely discussion with these professors about the progress and problems of the past six years, and what we can learn from those on the frontlines of community recovery.

The members of the research group are as follows:

• Fuminori Tamba (Associate Professor, Fukushima University) · · · Planning the reconstruction of municipalities in nuclear disaster
• Kazuhiko Amano (Associate Professor, Fukushima University) · · · Evacuation and community reconstruction in nuclear disaster
• Akinori Shimizu (Associate Professor, Fukushima University) · · · Law system concerning nuclear disaster and nuclear safety regulation
• Naoya Sekiya (Associate Professor, Tokyo University) · · · Disaster prevention · evacuation · rumor damage including nuclear disaster
• Arata Owada (Freelance Radio Host) · · · Actual condition of victims in earthquake · tsunami · nuclear disaster

Yuri Ota (interpreter)

Research and Reflections on Fukushima Today: Recovery Progress Since the Triple Disaster of 03.11.11 takes place at the Japan Society of Boston offices on Feb. 21 from 9:30-11 AM. Member registration is , Free non-member registration is$10 (USD). Light refreshments will be provided. Registration limited to 60 people