The Department of Architecture at Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem and the Department of Asian Studies at The University of Haifa invite you to an international symposium on: A DECADE TO THE GREAT EAST JAPAN DISASTER thursday march 11, 2021 10:00-15:00 (IL TIME) 17:00-22:00 (JP TIME) online, through zoom OPENING REMARKS Dr. Erez Golani Solomon, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design 10:00-10:15 (IL), 17:00-17:15 (JP) Jerusalem, and Prof. Rotem Kowner, University of Haifa SESSION I: Moderator: Dr. Guy Almog, University of Haifa ECONOMY AND ENERGY Discussant: PhD Candidate Ehud Gonen, University of Haifa 10:15-11:00 (IL), 17:15-18:00 (JP) • The Japanese Economy During the Last Decade: Perspectives and Prospects Prof. Yishay Yafeh, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem • Japan’s Energy Dilemma Since the Crisis of 2011 Dr. Fabio Indeo, NATO Defense College Foundation, Italy SESSION II: Moderator: Dr. Sigal Ben-Rafael Galanti, Beit Berl College THE NUCLEAR CLOUD Discussant: Prof. Nissim Otmazgin, The Hebrew University of AND THE POLITICAL DILEMMA Jerusalem 11:00-12:00 (IL), 18:00-19:00 (JP) • Japan Radiation Map Andreas Schneider, Institute for Information Design Japan, IIDj, Japan • Civil Reactions to Japan’s National Nuclear Policy Prof. Akira Murakami, Akita University, Japan • Repercussions and Changes in Japanese Domestic Politics Prof. Ehud Harari, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem SESSION III: Moderator: Prof. Michal Daliot-Bul, University of Haifa THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION Discussant: Prof. Ofra Goldstein-Gidoni, Tel Aviv University 12:15-13:30 (IL), 19:15-20:30 (JP) • Prenatal and Childbirth Care After March 11 Dr. Tsipy Ivry, University of Haifa • Children of Fukushima: Growing up in the Shadow of the Nuclear Accident Developmental Psychologist Shira Taube Dayan, University of Haifa • Kizuna: Implications of Branding Social Cohesion After the Great East Japan Earthquake Dr. Julia Gerster, Tohoku University, Japan • Social Resilience in Disaster Recovery Planning Prof. Izumi Kuroishi, Aoyama Gakuin University, Japan SESSION IV: Moderator: Architect Arie Kutz RECONSTRUCTION & Discussant: Dr. Bill Galloway, Ryerson University, Canada REFORMATION INITIATIVES 13:30-14:45 (IL), 20:30-21:45 (JP) • Gaining Height through Spatial Change: The Foundations of ‘Build Back Better’ Dr. Erez Golani Solomon, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem • Japan’s Extreme Infrastructure: From the Seawall to the Seawall System Dr. Michael Fisch, University of Chicago, USA • Evaluation of Non-Governmental Reconstruction Initiatives Dr. Christian Dimmer, Waseda University, Japan • Transformation of Fishing Industries Dr. Alyne Delaney, Tohoku University, Japan CONCLUDING REMARKS Prof. Rotem Kowner and Dr. Erez Golani Solomon 14:45-15:00 (IL), 21:45-22:00 (JP).