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Diaspora and Disaster : Japanese Outside Japan and the Triple Catastrophy of March 2011 /

On March 11, 2011 the North-East of Japan was hit by a massive magnitude 9 earthquake. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami that destroyed farmland, cities, factories and the infrastructure of the coastal regions and also caused the nuclear meltdowns in the Fukushima Daiichi Powerplant. In media...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: Bernardi, Peter (Contributor), Besnier, Niko (Contributor), Martin, Ruth (Contributor), Niehaus, Andreas (Contributor, Editor), Tagsold, Christian (Contributor, Editor), Teuwsen, Jutta (Contributor), Walravens, Tine (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Düsseldorf : düsseldorf university press, [2016]
Series:Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung ; 1
Subjects:
Disaster relief > Japan.
Japanese > Foreign coutries.
Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011.
Nuclear power plants > Accidents > Japan > Fukushima-ken.
Disasters > Social aspects > Japan.
Fukushima.
Japan.
Japanese communities.
Triple Disaster.
diasporic civil society.
Secours aux victimes de catastrophes > Japon.
Tremblement de terre et tsunami du Nord-Est, Japon, 2011.
Centrales nucléaires > Accidents > Japon > Fukushima (Ken)
Catastrophes > Aspect social > Japon.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / General.
Disaster relief
Disasters > Social aspects
Japanese
Nuclear power plants > Accidents
Japan
Japan > Fukushima-ken
Japan > Tōhoku Region
2011
Andreas Niehaus.
Christian Tagsold.
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf.
Japanese diaspora communities.
Japanforschung.
Jutta Teuwsen.
Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung.
Niko Besnier.
Peter Bernardi.
Ruth Martin.
Tine Walravens.
diaspora studies.
disaster studies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:On March 11, 2011 the North-East of Japan was hit by a massive magnitude 9 earthquake. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami that destroyed farmland, cities, factories and the infrastructure of the coastal regions and also caused the nuclear meltdowns in the Fukushima Daiichi Powerplant. In media as well as in research the disaster was perceived as a national catastrophe, overlooking itstransnational character. Japanese diasporic communities worldwide organized support and fundraising events to support the devastated regions and thus showed their solidarity with the homeland. In both transient and permanent Japanese communities being active often became a means to overcome the global, local and personal shockwave of the catastrophe and overcome feelings of insecurity. Yet, the broad variety of activities also furthered diasporic civil society and helped to integrate members of Japanese communities more into the surrounding society. By bringing together disaster studies and diaspora studies and analyzing the reactions of Japanese transient and permanent communities in Ghent, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Sao Paulo, Honolulu and London following the Triple Disaster, this volume will help to get a better understanding of how catastrophes effect diasporic communities.
Physical Description:1 online resource (118 pages).
ISBN:9783110720280
3110720280