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10 Years After the Great East Japan Earthquake Iwate 10 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake Iwate 200 Miyagi 100 Minister for Reconstruction Fukushima 0 Fukushima Daiichi(km) HIRASAWA Katsuei Nuclear Power Plant 22 February 2021 Kyoto Tokyo Great East Japan Earthquake (1) Scale (2) Damage (as of March 2020) - No. of human casualties: - Date: March 11, 2011 at 14:46 JST • Deceased 19,729 - Epicenter: 130 km off the Pacific Coast of • Missing 2,559 Tohoku Region - No. of damaged buildings: - Scale: Magnitude 9.0 • Completely destroyed 121,996 (The largest earthquake ever recorded in Japan) • Half destroyed 282,941 • Partially destroyed 748,461 Seismic intensity distribution (Seismic intensity from 4 to 7) Approx. 800km Tohoku Iwate Region Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture 2 Support from the World Int’l rescue teams operated in the devastated areas 163 countries and areas as well as 43 international organizations expressed their intention of assistance 24 countries and areas plus five international organizations dispatched rescue teams We have received relief supplies and donations from 128 countries, areas and organizations (Source: https://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/incidents/index.html ) 3 Ten years later: Tohoku Today and in the Future: https://www.reconstruction.go.jp/10year/en/index.html 4 Public housing for disaster-affected 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% Progress rate 50% of completion 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% End of End of End of End of End of End of End of End of End of FY2012 FY2013 FY2014 FY2015 FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 8 prefectures in disaster-affected areas Iwate Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture Fukushima Prefecture Otsuchi Town, Iwate Prefecture Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture 5 Projected opening of Reconstruction Roads & Reconstruction Support Roads (as of September 2020) Miyako-Morioka Connecting Road Sanriku Coastal Road National Rte. 106 Miyako-Morioka Connecting National Rte. 45 Sanriku Coastal Road (from Road (from Miyako to Hakoishi) Samuraihama to Hashikami) 2020 From Hikime to Haratai district (Miyako City) 2020 From Samuraihama IC to Hashikami IC (7.0km) (23.0km) National Rte. 106 Miyako-Morioka Connecting Road (from Miyako to Hakoishi) ( National Rte. 45 Sanriku Coastal Road (from Fudai Aomori to Kuji) Tenmabayashi(2) 2020 From Kawai to Hakoishi district (Miyako City) Tsugarukashiwa Aomori Aomori- 2020 From Noda IC to Kuji IC (12.0km) (7.0km) Ajigasawa higashi Namioka Shichinohe National Rte. 106 Miyako-Morioka Connecting J Road (from Hiratsuto/Iwai to Matsukusa) Rokunohe J National Rte. 45 Sanriku Coastal Road (from Fudai ( ($ to Kuji) 2020 From Hiratsuto to Kuzakai (Miyako City) Aomori Pref. Hachinohe (7.0km) Hashikami 2021 From Fudai-mura No. 16 Chiwari to Noda IC Hachinohe J National Rte. 106 Miyako-Morioka Connecting (13.0km) Kosaka J Road (from Kuzakai to Yanagawa) ($ National Rte. 45 Sanriku Coastal Road (from 2020 From Kuzakai (Miyako City) to Yanagawa Samuraihama Okanyo to Fudai) ( (Morioka City) (8.0km) Kuji 2020 From Tanohata-kita IC to Fudai-mura No. 11 ( Chiwari (8.0km) Ashiro J Noda National Rte. 45 Sanriku Coastal Road (from Tanohata-kita Tanohata-minami to Okanyo) Akita Pref. Sanriku Coastal Road Reconstruction Road: 2020 From Tanohatamura-Oashi to Tanohatamura-Tanohata (6.0km) Reconstruction Support Road Taro-Masaki Miyako-Morioka Connecting Road Kaigan National Rte. 45 Sanriku Coastal Road (from Miyako-chuo Tohoku Crossing Expressway Morioka-minami Kesennuma to Karakuwa-minami) ( Miyako-Neichi 2020 From Kesennuma-ko IC to Karakuwa-minami Iwate Pref. ( (Kamaishi-Akita lane) ( IC (7.3km) Reconstruction Support Road FY2018 All lanes opened Hanamaki J Tohoku Crossing Expressway National Rte. 45 Sanriku Coastal Road (from Kamaishi-Akita lane ( Utatsu to Motoyoshi) Yokote J ( Kitakami J 2020 From Koizumikaigan IC to Motoyoshi-Tsuya Kamaishi J IC (2.0km) Ogachikomachi Reconstruction Support Road ( Nozoki Miyagi-Kenpoku Roadᴾᴾ Yamagata Pref. Karakuwa-minami Kaneyama-kita Kesennuma-ko Shinjo-kita Kurihara Tsukidate- Motoyoshi-Tsuya Soma-Fukushima Road higashi Koizumi Kaigan ( ( Sanuma Tome National Rte. 115 Soma-Fukushima Road (from Oishida-Murayama Ryozen to Fukushima) Miyagi Pref. Gassan ( Miyagi-Kenpoku Road 2020 From Ryozen IC to Date-chuo IC (7.4km) Higashine-kita ( ( Tomiya J National Rte. 115 Soma-Fukushima Road (from Yamagata J Rifu J Phase III (Sanuma section) Sendai- 2021 From Sanuma-kita crossing to Sanuma IC Ryozen to Fukushima) ( Sendaiko-kita minami (4km) 2020 From Date-chuo IC to Date-Kori IC (2.8km) Sendai Wakabayashi J ( Murata J ( ( Pacific Ocean Reconstrution Support Road Soma-Fukushima Road ( Kori J Date-kori Fukushima J Date-chuo Soma Ryozen Legend Scheduled to open in FY2020 ( ( ( Scheduled to open in FY2021 Koriyama J Opened ( Fukushima Pref. ( ■■■■■■■■■■■ Under construction Ono Yabuki ( Section of existing road in use ( ( Not in operation for construction Iwaki J ( * Interchange names also include tentative names. ○Reconstruction Roads and Reconstruction Support Roads All lanes are expected to open by FY2020 during the Reconstruction and Revitalization Period, excluding some sections in Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. ④ Status of recovery of the tourism industry Current status of inbound tourism in Tohoku Changes in the total number of foreign visitors on overnight stays (2010=100) 400 2019 Nationwide 389 2010 ・The total number of 350 Japan 6 prefectures 6 prefectures in in Tohoku overnight stays by foreign Tohoku 300 3 prefectures in 332 visitors in six prefectures in Tohoku 250 (Unit: 10,000 person-nights) 3 prefectures Tohoku reached 1.68 in Tohoku million in 2019, surpassing 200 315 150 the national government's target of 1.5 million 100 overnight stays by tourists 50 from overseas in the region 0 by 2020. 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 *Japan Tourism Agency: "Survey on Overnight Stays" *Covers accommodation facilities with 10 or more employees Inbound tourism Ex.: Dissemination of ●Subsidy for reconstruction of tourism in information using big data. Attracting foreign visitors to Tohoku (Japan Tourism Agency) Japan with a website that Support for community-led initiatives to recommends content and － tours of Tohoku to attract inbound tourists encourage tourism to the region. ● Promotion of reconstruction of tourism in Ex.: Creation of videos on Tohoku (Japan Tourism Agency) location at Mount Bandai and other places in －Concentrated promotion of visits to Japan Fukushima. Raise as part of destination campaigns targeting awareness of the area by featuring celebrities from major overseas markets, with a special overseas to disseminate focus on the Tohoku region information. Ex.: Send-off foreign ● “New Tohoku” Exchange Expansion Model tourists to Japan by Project (Reconstruction Agency) creating products that allow them to experience －Support for the launch of new private both the usual and sector business models to attract tourists unusual sides of Tohoku. from overseas Domestic tourism Encourage junior and high school students to talk ●Support for tourism-related reconstruction in directly to restaurant owners, Fukushima Prefecture (Japan Tourism Agency) hotel proprietors, doctors and others in disaster- －Support for activities by Fukushima affected areas. Give monitoring tours to learn Prefecture to promote domestic tourism about the past and present featuring content unique to Fukushima of Fukushima. これまでの実績 Major Tourist Attractions in 3 Disaster-stricken Prefectures ④ 観光業の復興状況について Izunuma-Uchinuma Iwate Prefecture 東北のインバウンドの現状 Miyagi Prefecture 外国人延べ宿泊者数の推移 （H22=100とする） Goshono Jomon Site 全国 389 ・東北６県の外国人延べ宿泊 400 者数は、令和元年（2019 Izunuma-Uchinuma is registered 東北６県 under the Ramsar Convention as a 350 年）に168万人泊となり、 stopover for migratory birds. The 332 lake is blanketed with lotus flowers 300 令和２年（2020年）までに in the summer, and swans and geese Pit houses and stone circles have been come here to spend the winter. (For （単位：万人泊） 東北３県 外国人延べ宿泊者数を reconstructed at an ancient, large- details: https://www.kurihara-kb.net/ 250 scale settlement from the latter part of publics/index/27/) 315 「150万人泊」とする政府 the middle Jomon period. (For details: 200 目標を上回った。 https://goshono-iseki.com/) Four Panoramic Views of Matsushima 150 Ryusendo Cave 100 50 0 H22 H23 H24 H25 H26 H27 H28 H29 H30 R1 Ryusendo Cave is one of the three largest The four panoramic views overlook ※観光庁:「宿泊旅行統計調査」 ※従業員10人以上の宿泊施設を対象。 limestone caves in Japan and has been the 260 some-odd islands in designated as a national natural Matsushima Bay. (For details: https:// monument, together with the species of www.matsushima-kanko.com/ bats that live in the cave. (For details: miryoku/shima/shidaikan.php) http://www.iwate-ryusendo.jp/) Funaokajoshi Park & the 主な取組 Jodogahama Shiroishi River and 1000 Cherry Trees インバウンド 例：ビッグデータを活用し た情報発信。訪日予定外国 ●東北観光復興対策交付金(観光庁) 人を東北のコンテンツやツ This is a well-known scenic spot in the アー等を提案するサイトへ This is the only cherry blossom spot in －地域の発案に基づくインバウンド誘客に向け center of the Sanriku Fukko National 誘引し、訪東北を促進。 Park. (For details: https:// Miyagi Prefecture selected as one of た取組を支援。 www.city.miyako.iwate.jp/kanko/ Japanʼs top 100 cherry blossom sites. jyoudogahama.html) (For details: https://www.skbk.or.jp/ spot/view/funaokajyoshi.html, https:// ●東北観光復興プロモーション(観光庁) www.oogawara.com/tourism/ 例：福島・磐梯山等がロケ Fukushima sakura/） 地の映像を制作。 －東北に特化した海外主要市場向けのデスティ Prefecture Goshikinuma Ponds 海外の著名人を活用した情 ネーション・キャンペーンとして、集中的な (Five Colored Lakes) 報発信による認知度の向 訪日プロモーションを実施。 上。 Tsurugajo Catsle ●「新しい東北」交流拡大モデル事業（復興庁） 例：東北のハレとケを体験 －外国人旅行者の誘客につながる民間の新たな This is a collective term for numerous できる商品の造成を通じ lakes and ponds,
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