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Local Perspectives On the Tsunami Disaster: Untold Stories From the Sanriku Coast

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Christopher S. Thompson
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This article strives to give a voice to survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake who suffered from the tsunami but not the nuclear disaster; their invisibility makes the case that these survivors are a separate group of Japan's “abandoned people.” They have been poorly represented in discussions on Japan's future energy policy; Thompson uses individual accounts to explain the residents’ “short and long-term needs, the full social, cultural, and economic impact of the tsunami disaster, and the future prospects of the region.”

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 11 , Special Issue S6: Course Reader No. 6. Japan's “Abandoned People” in the Wake of Fukushima , January 2013 , pp. 42 - 51
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