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Teacher's Guide
AFTER THE DARKNESS TEACHER’S GUIDE Developed by Waka Takahashi Brown Copyright © 2014 By the Leland Stanford Junior University Board of Trustees For further information contact: Stanford Program on International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE) Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) Encina Hall, Stanford University Stanford CA, 94305-6055 Tel: (800) 578-1114 Fax: (650) 723-6784 http://spice.stanford.edu E-mail: [email protected] TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS...............................................................................................................IV ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS.............................................................................................................1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................1 Objectives...............................................................................................................................1 Connections to Curriculum Standards..............................................................................2 Subjects and Suggested Grade Levels................................................................................4 Materials.................................................................................................................................5 Equipment..............................................................................................................................5 Teacher Preparation...............................................................................................................6 -
Atsumi and Goltz: Fifteen Years of Disaster Volunteers 220
Atsumi and Goltz: Fifteen Years of Disaster Volunteers International Journal of Mass Emergencies and Disasters March 2014, Vol. 32, No. 1, pp. 220–240. Fifteen Years of Disaster Volunteers in Japan: A Longitudinal Fieldwork Assessment of a Disaster Non-Profit Organization Tomohide Atsumi Graduate School of Human Sciences Osaka University and James D. Goltz California Emergency Management Agency and the California Institute of Technology Email: [email protected] Since the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake, Japanese society has become accustomed to the presence of volunteers in the pre- and post-disaster environments, more specifically, in preparedness, response and recovery. The present study draws on the disaster research literature in exploring the social contexts in which groups of Kobe earthquake volunteers converged in January 1995 and formed organizations that continued to respond to national and international disasters during the 15 years that followed the 1995 earthquake. Based on the first author’s own longitudinal participant observation at a non-profit organization, the Nippon Volunteer Network Active in Disaster (NVNAD), the present study traces the development of the NVNAD over the last 15 years. The study’s basic conclusion is that, over the years, organized volunteerism in Japan has witnessed a struggle between the development of formal organizations emphasizing interagency cooperation and coordination of volunteers on one hand and the maintenance of a more affective social support-oriented approach with volunteers being physically and emotionally present to disaster survivors on the other. Keywords: Earthquake, Disaster volunteers 220 Atsumi and Goltz: Fifteen Years of Disaster Volunteers Introduction At 5:46 AM on Tuesday, January 17, 1995, the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (henceforth called the Kobe earthquake) struck the regions of Hanshin and Awaji Island in Japan, claiming more than 6,400 lives and injuring more than 15,000 in a densely populated urban coastal corridor whose central city is Kobe. -
Prevalence of Insomnia Among Residents of Tokyo and Osaka After the Great East Japan Earthquake: a Prospective Study
INTERACTIVE JOURNAL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH Sugiura et al Original Paper Prevalence of Insomnia Among Residents of Tokyo and Osaka After the Great East Japan Earthquake: A Prospective Study Hiroaki Sugiura1*, MD, PhD; Manabu Akahane1*, MD, PhD; Yasushi Ohkusa2*, PhD; Nobuhiko Okabe2*, MD, PhD; Tomomi Sano1*, MD, PhD; Noriko Jojima3*, MSN; Harumi Bando3*, MS; Tomoaki Imamura1*, MD, PhD 1Health Management and Policy, Department of Public Health, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan 2National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Infectious Disease Surveillance Center, Tokyo, Japan 3Faculty of Nursing, Nara Medical University School of Medicine, Kashihara, Japan *all authors contributed equally Corresponding Author: Hiroaki Sugiura, MD, PhD Health Management and Policy Department of Public Health Nara Medical University School of Medicine 840 Shijo-cho Kashihara, 634-8521 Japan Phone: 81 744 22 3051 ext 2224 Fax: 81 744 25 7657 Email: [email protected] Abstract Background: The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011. Tokyo and Osaka, which are located 375 km and 750 km, respectively, from the epicenter, experienced tremors of 5.0 lower and 3.0 seismic intensity on the Japan Meteorological Agency scale. The Great East Japan Earthquake was the fourth largest earthquake in the world and was accompanied by a radioactive leak at a nuclear power plant and a tsunami. In the aftermath of a disaster, some affected individuals presented to mental health facilities with acute stress disorder (ASD) and/or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, few studies have addressed mental stress problems other than ASD or PTSD among the general public immediately after a disaster. -
Great East Japan Earthquake, Jr East Mitigation Successes, and Lessons for California High-Speed Rail
MTI Funded by U.S. Department of Services Transit Census California of Water 2012 Transportation and California Great East Japan Earthquake, Department of Transportation JR East Mitigation Successes, and Lessons for California High-Speed Rail MTI ReportMTI 12-02 MTI Report 12-37 December 2012 MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE MTI FOUNDER Hon. Norman Y. Mineta The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) was established by Congress in 1991 as part of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Equity Act (ISTEA) and was reauthorized under the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st century (TEA-21). MTI then successfully MTI BOARD OF TRUSTEES competed to be named a Tier 1 Center in 2002 and 2006 in the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). Most recently, MTI successfully competed in the Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2011 to Founder, Honorable Norman Thomas Barron (TE 2015) Ed Hamberger (Ex-Officio) Michael Townes* (TE 2014) be named a Tier 1 Transit-Focused University Transportation Center. The Institute is funded by Congress through the United States Mineta (Ex-Officio) Executive Vice President President/CEO Senior Vice President Department of Transportation’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology (OST-R), University Transportation Secretary (ret.), US Department of Strategic Initiatives Association of American Railroads Transit Sector Transportation Parsons Group HNTB Centers Program, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and by private grants and donations. Vice Chair Steve Heminger (TE 2015) Hill & Knowlton, Inc. Joseph Boardman (Ex-Officio) Executive Director Bud Wright (Ex-Officio) Chief Executive Officer Metropolitan Transportation Executive Director The Institute receives oversight from an internationally respected Board of Trustees whose members represent all major surface Honorary Chair, Honorable Bill Amtrak Commission American Association of State transportation modes. -
Disaster Recovery and Youth, Peace and Security: Examining the Project, “The SOKA Global Action”
Soka Gakkai International Office for UN Affairs Disaster Recovery and Youth, Peace and Security: Examining the Project, “The SOKA Global Action” A Thematic Paper for the Progress Study on Youth, Peace and Security Prepared by the Soka Gakkai International October 2017 Introduction In March 2011, the northeast region of Japan known as Tohoku1 was hit by a natural disaster of enormous magnitude: The Great East Japan Earthquake. The 9.0-magnitude earthquake, coupled with numerous aftershocks, a series of highly destructive tsunami waves and a nuclear reactor accident,2 claimed thousands of lives, while causing lasting damage to the surrounding communities and survivors of the atrocity. Even today, more than six years later, many continue to live in temporary housing and endure ongoing uncertainty about the future. The suffering this event engendered, including deaths, loss of loved ones and assets, and economic stagnation, forced many young people in A local band performs at a temporary housing unit in Japan to re-examine their values and ways of life. Miyagi Prefecture (2011) Against this backdrop, and coupled with other socio-political factors affecting people’s sense of 1 The Tohoku region is the northeastern part of the largest island (Honshu) of Japan, and consists of six prefectures: Akita, Aomori, Fukushima, Iwate, Miyagi and Yamagata. 2 The nuclear power plant accident has made the situation more complex, posing serious security and safety challenges including threats to people’s health and food production. Some evacuees are uncertain if they can ever return to their homes or where they will live in the future. -
W020121101676826557345.Pdf
(This is a sample cover image for this issue. The actual cover is not yet available at this time.) This article appeared in a journal published by Elsevier. The attached copy is furnished to the author for internal non-commercial research and education use, including for instruction at the authors institution and sharing with colleagues. Other uses, including reproduction and distribution, or selling or licensing copies, or posting to personal, institutional or third party websites are prohibited. In most cases authors are permitted to post their version of the article (e.g. in Word or Tex form) to their personal website or institutional repository. Authors requiring further information regarding Elsevier’s archiving and manuscript policies are encouraged to visit: http://www.elsevier.com/copyright Author's personal copy Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 17 (2013) 126–146 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/rser Accident like the Fukushima unlikely in a country with effective nuclear regulation: Literature review and proposed guidelines Qiang Wang a,n, Xi Chen a, Xu Yi-chong b a State Key Laboratory of Desert and Oasis Ecology, Western Research Center for Energy and Eco-Environmental Policy, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi 830011, China b School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University, Brisbane 4111, Australia article info abstract Article history: The reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Japanese Nuclear and Received 31 March 2012 Industrial Safety Agency (NISA) have confirmed that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant Received in revised form (NPP) survived the initial earthquake impacts, but fell victim to the following tsunami. -
Corporate Brochure 2011
TEPCO CORPORATE BROCHURE 2011 Contents 2 Message from the Management 3 TEPCO Group Medium to Long-term Growth Declaration 2020 Vision 4 Value Social Trust 5 Stable Supply of Electricity 9 Communication with Stakeholders 10 Open the Way to the Future 11 Actively Introducing Zero-Emission Power Sources 14 Recommending Electric Systems to All Sectors 16 Developing “Smarter” Power System Networks 18 Actively Diversifying into Growth Businesses 23 Maximize Human and Technological Potentials 24 Creating Operational Excellence Driven by Employee Performance and Cooperation 28 Research and Development 30 Corporate Organization Chart/Directors and Auditors 31 Corporate Overview/History We will contribute to creating affluent and comfortable environments by providing optimum energy services. Tokyo Electric Power Company Corporate Brochure 2011 1 Message from the Management The environment the TEPCO Group fi nds itself immersed in is undergoing tremendous transformation. In addition to upheavals in Japan’s social structure caused by such factors as the rapid aging of society due to a declining birthrate and decreasing population, we are confronted with many other changes, including global warming issues, the development of energy-saving technologies and increasing Tsunehisa Katsumata Masataka Shimizu energy consumption, particularly in Asia. Chairman President The TEPCO Group is poised to meet these challenges head-on. We realize that this new environment will provide us with opportunities for additional growth, and in order to push forward progressive management policies characterized by fl exibility and enhanced awareness, the TEPCO Group unveiled its “TEPCO Group Medium to Long-term Growth Declaration 2020 Vision” in September 2010, marking the fresh beginning of a dynamic and new 10-year era. -
Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Center (PBV) Annual Report
Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Center(PBV) Annual Report 2018-2019 4.1.2018 → 3.31.2019 [Official Website(JP)]https://pbv.or.jp/ [Official Website (EN)]https://pbv.or.jp/en/ CONTENTS Domestic and International Disaster Relief Together with various partners, PBV carries out relief activities targeted at the needs of the people affected by disasters, to help rebuild their communities. Disaster Risk Reduction We conduct capacity building and educational programs for disaster risk reduction and build networks to create societies resilient to disasters. Support to Tohoku We have engaged in long-term support activities in the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, founding a new organization in 2016 to tackle local issues. 2 VISION It Takes People to Support People Peace Boat Disaster Relief Volunteer Center (PBV) is an NGO that works to assist disaster- affected people and strengthen the disaster resilience of communities. Anyone could encounter natural disaster. We believe that creating societies where everyone helps one another – even across borders - would generate a force capable of facing challenges together. Cause Mission Challenges to Tackle Vision What We Do Society we aim to Necessary for people to lend Crystalizing thoughts achieve a helping hand to one into actionable, A society where all people can help each other another in times of disaster workable plans MISSION Helping each other to take a step forward together We never know when disaster will strike us. At times we are the victims of disasters, at times we are the ones giving aid. Save yourself and your loved ones. -
Black Planet Award 2011
ethecon Foundation Ethics & Economics Fundación Ética & Economía Foundation Ethics & Economics .English. Spanish German version International ethecon Black Planet Award 2011 for Tsunehisa Katsumata, Masataka Shimizu, Toshio Nishizawa, other responsible executives and the major shareholders of the energy company TEPCO / Japan Cover Photo The photo shows Tsunehisa Katsumata (chairman, on the right hand side), Masataka Shimizu (former president, in the middle) and Sakae Muto (vicepresident, on the left hand side) during an emergency meeting on April 15th, 2011 in the crisis management centre in TEPCO’s company headquarters in Tokyo during the acute stage of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in Japan. ethecon Foundation Ethics & Economics Fundación Ética & Economía Stiftung Ethik & Ökonomie Publisher ethecon is a member of the ethecon Bundesverband Deutscher Stiftungen Foundation Ethics & Economics (Association of German Foundations) Ahrenshooper Str. 73 ethecon is a member of the network D-13051 Berlin / Germany of alternative and progressive political foundations Phone +49 - (0)30 - 22 32 51 45 eMail [email protected] Chairman of the Board of Directors Dipl. Kfm. Axel Köhler-Schnura (Founder) P.O.Box 15 04 35 Donations Account 40081 Düsseldorf / Germany EthikBank Freiberg GERMANY Schweidnitzer Str. 41 IBAN DE 58 830 944 95 000 30 45 536 40231 Düsseldorf BIC GENODEF1ETK Phone +49 - (0)211 - 26 11 210 GLS-Bank Bochum GERMANY Fax +49 - (0)211 - 26 11 220 IBAN DE05 430 609 67 6002 562 100 eMail [email protected] BIC GENODEM1GLS Internet www.ethecon.org nd Printed on 100% recycled paper 2 revised version, December 2011 With adequate profit, capital is very bold. A certain 10 percent will ensure its employment anywhere; 20 percent certain will produce eagerness; 50 percent, positive audacity; 100 percent will make it ready to trample on all human laws; 300 percent, and there is not a crime at which it will scruple, nor a risk it will not run, even to the chance of its owner being hanged. -
Lessons Learned from the Kobe Earthquake a Japanese Perspective
SPECIAL REPORT Lessons Learned from the Kobe Earthquake A Japanese Perspective Hiroshi Muguruma This report presents an overview of the Ph.D. performance of reinforced and precast, Professor Emeritus Department of prestressed concrete buildings during the Architectural Engineering Kyoto University Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake (also known as Kyoto, Japan the Great Hanshin earthquake) of January 17, 1995, situated in and around the city of Kobe, Japan. The performance of pile foundations is also examined. Highway bridges, rapid transit structures, and other special structures are covered elsewhere. The assessment of damage is related to the Minehiro Nishiyama evolution of design code provisions for Ph.D. concrete building structures in Japan. Department of Preliminary reports indicate that precast, Architectural Engineering Kyoto University prestressed concrete structures performed Kyoto, Japan remarkably well during the earthquake, especially those designed with recent seismic code provisions. The probable causes of the damage are examined, although it should be emphasized that several investigations are currently being carried out to determine more comprehensive causes of structural failures Fumio Watanabe, Ph.D. by many researchers, engineers, the Professor Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), the Department of Architectural Engineering Japan Prestressed Concrete Engineering Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan Association (JPCEA), and other organizations. 28 PCI JOURNAL t precisely 5:46 a.m. in the N early morning of January 17, A 1995, a devastating earthquake struck Japan, imparting a trail of de ® ~ Severely damaged area struction across a narrow band extend ing from northern Awaji Island through the cities of Kobe, Ashiya, Nishinomiya and Takarazuka (see Fig. 1). The 7.2 Richter magnitude registered was one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded in Japan. -
HFA Irides Review Report Focusing on the 2011
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters HFA IRIDeS Review Report Focusing on 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake May 2014 International Research Institute of Disaster Science Tohoku University Japan Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters HFA IRIDeS Review Report Focusing on 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake May 2014 International Research Institute of Disaster Science Tohoku University Japan Preface Having experienced the catastrophic disaster in 2011, Tohoku University has founded the International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS). Together with collaborating organizations from many countries and staff with a broad array of specializations, the IRIDeS conducts world-leading research on natural disaster science and disaster mitigation. Based on the lessons from the 2011 Great East Japan (Tohoku) Earthquake and Tsunami disaster, the IRIDeS aims to become a world center for the research/ study of disasters and disaster mitigation, learning from and building upon past lessons in disaster management from Japan and others around the world. Throughout, the IRIDeS should contribute to on- going recovery/reconstruction efforts in areas affected by the 2011 tsunami, conducting action-oriented research and pursuing effective disaster management to build a sustainable and resilient society. The 3rd United Nations World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 will be held on 14-18 March 2015 in Sendai City, one of the areas seriously damaged due to the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami. The IRIDeS shall play an important role at the conference as an academic organization located in the hosting city. Drafting of this report, focusing on the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in terms of the core indicators of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015, is one of the contributory activities to the forthcoming event. -
Tokyo Electric Power 2008 Sustainability Report.Pdf
Introduction The title of this report, "Sustainability Report 2008: The Earth, People & Energy," expresses the TEPCO Group's commitment to working for a sustainable society by offering superior energy services. The 2008 report gives an account of the TEPCO Group's CSR initiatives and achievements toward a sustainable society. We hope it would serve as a tool for enhancing communication between the TEPCO Group and all stakeholders who hold an interest in our operations. (Beginning with this 2008 edition, the scope of our report will cover the activities not only of TEPCO, but also of the TEPCO Group.) To better respond to our stakeholders' concerns and expectations of the TEPCO Group, the 2008 report has been produced in line with the AA1000 Assurance Principles*, which are widely accepted throughout the world as professional principles for creating sustainability reports. Topics to be contained in the report have been selected based on an evaluation of their relevance, from the five perspectives shown below. We have adopted external assessments for some of those perspectives, for greater objectivity. *AA1000 Assurance Principles The AA1000 series of principles are a set of standards developed by an international NPO called AccountAbility (the Institute of Social and Ethical Accountability). (www.accountability21.net) The five evaluation perspectives Evaluation perspective Materials used for reference Evaluation criteria 1 Issues which have a direct and short-term financial impact Annual reports and other such published materials Major