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佐藤栄作　受賞論文集

3) Indian Ocean Earthquake and Tsunami (Multiple Countries) - 26 December2004●Magnitude: 9.3 (Richter scale)●People killed: 184,167 and 45,752 missing●People affected: 5.0 million●Economic damage: $10 billion(UNESCAP, 2010, The Asia Pacific Disaster Report)Japan and 3/11In such a context of recurring disaster and Recovery, Japan suffered theterrible combined crisis of March 11 th , a tragic confluence of both natural disastersand human causes which posed a whole new set of challenges to its socio-economicresilience. The unique triple-crisis of a 9.0 Earthquake, massive tsunami and nuclearpower plant meltdown, unprecedented even in Japan’s long history of naturaldisasters, claimed the largest number of casualties in Japan since the end of the WorldWar II and spawned a very real fear of a new and all-encompassing existential threat.It was the first time that humanity has faced the three interrelated challenges ofearthquake, tsunami and also the potential for nuclear fallout on a level not seen sincethe Chernobyl crisis. While such a disaster might have overwhelmed most developingcountries, it nonetheless presented a crucial test even for a country as developed andtechnologically advanced as Japan.The Great East Japan Earthquake 3that struck T?hoku was therefore unlikeanything previously experienced in human history. In addition to the immediate needsof life-saving Search & Rescue, Japan was faced with the burden of providing for theongoing human needs of the affected populations, such as food, shelter, medicine and9323 According to MOFA, the Government of Japan’s Cabinet Office decided on the official name“Great East JapanEarthquake”to refer to the combined disasters of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011 and the relatedFukushima nuclear plant crisis. http://www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/incidents/announcements.html#current-situation