So Happy to see Cherry Blossoms: Haiku from the Year of the Great Earthquake and Tsunami

Mayuzumi Madoka; Hiroaki; Nancy Sato

doi:10.1017/S1557466014027958

So Happy to see Cherry Blossoms: Haiku from the Year of the Great Earthquake and Tsunami

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 March 2025

Mayuzumi Madoka ,

Hiroaki and

Nancy Sato

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The great earthquake that struck off the Pacific coast of Japan's northeast region on March 11, 2011, and the tsunami it created, destroyed wide swaths of the coastal regions, killing 16,000 people, with more than 2,600 people missing. The tsunami also disabled a nuclear power plant in Fukushima and forced large numbers of people to evacuate or flee the affected areas. Three years later, more than a quarter million people still live in temporary housing or elsewhere not in their own homes. Nearly 50,000 Fukushima residents continue to live outside the prefecture.

Type: Research Article
Information: Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 12 , Issue 39 , September 2014 , e3

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