14 years on, prefectural governments work to pass on lessons to new hires

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14 years on, prefectural governments work to pass on lessons to new hires

Many prefectural officials who were involved in front-line operations in the immediate aftermath of the massive earthquake and tsunami are retiring.

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It has been 14 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake. The Kumamoto Nichinichi Shimbun participated in a tour of the disaster-stricken areas by the 311 Media Net, which is made up of the Kahoku Shimpo (Sendai City) and other local newspapers and broadcasting stations across the country, and toured Miyagi Prefecture. We asked storytellers who had been on the brink of death about their memories of that day and lessons to prevent the next casu…

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Japan is a country prone to earthquakes. It has been 14 years since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. You may be thinking, "I know that Japan is a country prone to earthquakes," but if you were to ask how often major earthquakes of magnitude 6.1 or more have occurred since recorded history, few people would be able to answer right away. In this article, I would like to look back on the history of earthquakes in Japan. The first …