Reflection on the Past Decade of Reconstruction Policy from the Great East Japan Earthquake

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Key Points

Regarding Publication of the Reflection on the Past Decade of Reconstruction Policy from the Great East Japan Earthquake

Table of contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 General Remarks (Before the Establishment of the Reconstruction Agency)

Section 1 Overview of the Disaster
Section 2 Measures Based on the Basic Act on Reconstruction

Chapter 2 General Remarks (Following Establishment of the Reconstruction Agency)

Section 1 Progress in Recovery and Reconstruction
Section 2 Organizational Structure
Section 3 Legal system
Section 4 Budget and Tax System

Chapter 3 New Efforts

Section 1 Reconstruction Grants
Section 2 Efforts for Acceleration of Housing Reconstruction and Reconstructive Urban Development
Section 3 General Subsidy for Support for Disaster Victims
Section 4 Creating a “New Tohoku”

Chapter 4 Support for Disaster Victims

Section 1 Support for Disaster Victims
Section 2 Medical, Nursing, and Welfare
Section 3 Education, culture, etc.

Chapter 5 Reconstruction of Homes and Cities

Section 1 Progress in Recovery and Reconstruction
Section 2 Organizational Structure
Section 3 Legal system
Section 4 Budget and Tax System
Section 5 Roads
Section 6 Coasts (seawalls, etc.) and rivers
Section 7 Airports
Section 8 Railways
Section 9 Regional Public Transportation
Section 10 Ports
Section 11 Farmland and agricultural facilities
Section 12 Afforestation and forestry facilities
Section 13 Fishing ports and grounds
Section 14 Disaster waste

Chapter 6 Revitalization of Industries and Livelihoods

Section 1 Reconstructing industry
Section 2 Agricultural and Food Industries
Section 3 Forestry and Wood Industries
Section 4 Fisheries
Section 5 Tourism industry

Chapter 7 Response Specific to the Nuclear Disaster

Section 1 Overview of the Accident at TEPCO Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station
Section 2 Promoting return, migration, and reconstruction of lives and livelihoods
Section 3 Environmental Revitalization Efforts: Handling Anxiety Toward Radiation and Ensuring the Safety of Food, Etc.
Section 4 Eliminating Harmful Rumors and Strengthening Risk Communication
Section 5 Industrial Agglomeration Centered on the Fukushima Innovation Coast Framework
Section 6 Rebuilding of Businesses, Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries

Chapter 8 Collaboration and Posterity

Section 1 Volunteers, NPOs, Etc.
Section 2 Mutual Administrative Collaboration with Various Governmental Bodies
Section 3 Preservation of Memories and Lessons Learned

Conclusion