Symposium commemorating official launch of the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2012: "The records, the will to preserve them and the effort to hand them down to future generations" (held on March 26th, 2013)

The National Diet Library has officially released the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive on March 7th, 2013.
The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive project （Japanese） is to collect, preserve and provide public access to the records of the disaster from earthquake, tsunami and nuclear power plant, in cooperation with other institutions.
In the symposium, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and the NDL will give an outline of the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive, which will be followed by lecture, case report and discussion by persons involved, institutions and organizations, about the preservation and application of the records of the disaster.

Program：

Lecture

• "Living Memory and Wearing Memory"
  Mr. Tetsuo Yamaori (Scholar of Religious Studies)
•   Video

Outline of the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive

     Video

• Mr. Fumiaki Takahashi (Director of Advanced Information Systems and Software Division,　Information and Communications Bureau,　Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications)
•   Handout
  Ms. Miho Kawai (Director, Research and Development for Next-Generation Systems Office, Digital Information Services Division, Digital Information Department, National Diet Library)
•   Handout

Case Reports

•   Video
• "For Continuing to Assist the Disaster Victims by Joining Hands and Feeling Sympathy"
  Mr. Yutaka Aotake (Operating Officer / General Manager of Public relations Office at Japanese Consumers' Co-operative Union (JCCU))
•   Handout
• "Relief and Rehabilitation Activities of NGOs: Importance of Record and Our Activities"
  Mr. Makoto Tajima (Chief Coordinator of Taskforce for Disaster Response, Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation)
•   Handout
• "Collection and Preservation of Materials of the Great East Japan Earthquake at Nagaoka City of Niigata Prefecture"
  Mr. Hiroshi Tanaka (Historical archive section at Nagaoka city central library)
•   Handout

Panel Discussion

"The records, the will to preserve them and the effort to hand them down to future generations"

•   Video
• Coordinator
  　Mr. Daisuke Tsuda (Journalist / Media Activist)
• Panelists
  　Mr. Kazuhiko Amano (Associate Professor of Fukushima Future Center for Regional Revitalization at Fukushima University)
  　Mr. Fumihiro Inagaki (Director of Revival Design Center at Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society)
  　Ms. Yoko Inaba (Adjunct Instructor of Tezukayama University / Former Director of Information Processing and Management Division, Kobe University Library)
  　Mr. Akihiro Shibayama (Assistant Professor of International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University)
  
  

  Date and time	March 26th, 2013 (Tue.), 14:00-17:00 (Doors open at 13:30)
  Venue	Auditorium, Annex, Tokyo Main Library, National Diet Library
  Capacity	250 seats at Tokyo Main Library, 60 seats at Kansai-kan
  Admission fee	Free of charge
  How to apply	Application was closed.
  Closing date	March 20th (Wed.) 24:00 Japan time (Applications are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis and will be closed when capacity is reached.)
  For enquiries	Digital Information Distribution Division, Digital Information Department, National Diet Library E-mail: ml-sympoat n d l dot g o dot j p Fax: 03-3581-0768
  Public Relations Materials	Poster handbill