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The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake occurrs. |
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2011.3.25 |
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The Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University announces the launch of the Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters project. |
| 2011.4.1 | | | | The Japanese Cabinet approves the name Great East Japan Earthquake for official use in referring to the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake and the subsequent nuclear accident.★ |
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2011.4.11 |
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"Holding of the Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake" is approved by the Japanese Cabinet.★ |
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2011.5.10 |
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The Seven Principles for the Reconstruction Framework are determined in the Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake.★
"Principle 1" states "we shall record the disaster for eternity ..., and we shall have the disaster scientifically analyzed by a broad range of scholars to draw lessons that will be shared with the world and passed down to posterity".
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2011.5.24 |
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"Holding of Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of the Tokyo Electric Power Company" is approved by the Japanese Cabinet.★ |
| 2011.6.24 | | | |
・"Basic Act on Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake" (FY2011 Act Article 76) is promulgated.★
The Reconstruction Headquarters in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake is established. The Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake is established in the above organization.
・"Act on Promotion of Tsunami Countermeasures" (FY2011 Act Article 77) is promulgated.★
November 5 is determined as "Tsunami Disaster Prevention Day". |
| 2011.6.25 | | | |
The Reconstruction Design Council in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake issues a report entitled "Towards Reconstruction "Hope beyond the Disaster"".
Chapter 4 "Open Reconstruction">(5)④ "Recording the disaster and passing on lessons learned" stated "Japan must promptly gather information materials and tsunami heritage information and develop a system to allow anyone, whether they be in Japan or abroad, to access, store, and use this information in an integrated manner. In doing so, Japan must also work at digitizing related materials, videos, and other data to promote the establishment of a field museum that uses new information technology".
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2011.7.29 |
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The Basic Guidelines for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake were determined by the Reconstruction Headquarters in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake.
In the section 2 "Reconstruction Period", "Reconstruction Period" was defined as the ten years through FY2020 and the first five years in high demand for reconstruction as a "Concentrated Reconstruction Period". The section 5 (4) ⑥ "Academic research and study on the disaster, recording the disaster and handing lessons learned on to the next generation" stated "Establish an integrated mechanism of storage and application that enables anyone from in and out of Japan to have access to the records and other relevant information, and broadly communicate the accumulated information domestically and internationally". |
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2011.8.11 |
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The Basic Guidelines for Reconstruction in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake are revised by the Reconstruction Headquarters in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Remark is added in the section 4(3)⑤"Schedule". |
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2011.8.29 |
"Cooperative agreement for the digital archive of the Great East Japan Earthquake between the National Diet Library and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University" is concluded.★ |
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2011.9.12 |
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The Grea
t East Japan Earthquake archive project "Michinoku-Shinrokuden" is started by the Research Group on Disaster Prevention and Management at Tohoku University.★ |
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2011.10.7 |
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"Act on the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission" (FY2011 Act Article 112) is promulgated.★ |
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2011.11.20 |
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The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission is established. |
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2011.11.21 |
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The project to construct the infrastructure for the "Great East Japan Earthquake Archive" starts by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (The third supplementary budget for FY2011 passes). |
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2011.12.2 |
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The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission of Tokyo Electric Power Company releases the "Fukushima Nuclear Accident Analysis Report (Interim Report)".★ |
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2011.12.14 |
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"Act on Special Zones for Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake" (FY2011 Act Article 122) is promulgated.★ |
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2011.12.26 |
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The Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company releases the "Interim Report".★
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| 2012.1.11 |
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International United Symposium on Great East Japan Earthquake Archives is held by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Research Group on Disaster Prevention and Management at Tohoku University, Tohoku University Library, and the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University.★ |
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2012.2.10 |
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Reconstruction Agency is established.
The Reconstruction Headquarters in response to the Great East Japan Earthquake is
abolished. Reconstruction Promotion Council and Reconstruction Promotion Committee are established in Reconstruction Agency.
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2012.2.23 |
The press release titled "About the efforts for building the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive" is issued.★ |
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2012.3.8 |
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The collaborative campaign by libraries "Let's donate records of the earthquake disaster to libraries" is launched. (The working groups: Iwate Prefectural Library, Miyagi Prefectural Library, Fukushima Prefectural Library, Sendai City Library, Iwate University Library, Tohoku University Library, Fukushima University Library, and Kobe University Library)★ |
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2012.3.14 |
Symposium "Acquiring and preserving memories of 3.11: Establishing a Great East Japan Earthquake Archive " is held.★ |
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2012.3.31 |
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・The research Group on Disaster Prevention and Management at Tohoku University is dissolved.
・"Act on Special Measures for the Reconstruction and Revitalization of Fukushima" (Act No. 25 of March 31, 2012) is promulgated.★
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2012.4.1 |
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The international Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University is established. |
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2012.4.11 |
The development of HINAGIKU is initiated by the NDL in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Information and Communications Bureau Advanced Information Systems and Software Division. |
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2012.5.1 |
"Basic Policy for the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Project" is formulated.★ |
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2012.6.20 |
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The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission of Tokyo Electric Power Company releases the "Fukushima Nuclear Accident Analysis Report".★ |
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2012.7.2 |
"The joint meeting for system construction of archive related to the Great East Japan Earthquake" is held with the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University. |
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2012.7.5 |
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The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission releases the "The official report of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission".★ |
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2012.7.6 |
"The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Action Plan" is formulated.★ |
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| 2012.7.13 | | | |
"Basic Guidelines for the Reconstruction and Revitalization of Fukushima" is approved by the Japanese Cabinet. |
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2012.7.23 |
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The investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company releases the "Final Report".★ |
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2012.9.19 |
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Nuclear Regulation Authority is established. |
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2012.9.28 |
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The Japanese Cabinet approves the abolition of Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of the Tokyo Electric Power Company. ★ |
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2012.10.23 |
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The first round table meeting of the project to construct the infrastructure for the "Great East Japan Earthquake Archive" is held.★ |
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2012.10.24 |
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The Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission is closed.★ |
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2012.11.5-12.7 |
The National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake archive (beta version) opened to the public.★ |
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| 2012.12.26 |
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The "Basic Policy" is approved by the Japanese Cabinet.★
The preamble states "The Government will go out to the disaster-stricken areas and will create a "new Tohoku" as a place of creative power and potential, rather than stopping at merely the "minimum level of livelihood rehabilitation."" |
| 2013.1.10-2.1 |
The National Diet library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (beta version) had new functions added.★ |
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2013.1.11 |
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A "Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archives" is held (by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, and the Tohoku University Library, with support from the National Diet Library.★
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2013.1.23 |
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The second round table meeting of the project to construct the infrastructure for the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is held.★
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2013.1.24-1.25 |
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An international conference on Opportunities and Challenges of Participatory Digital Archives: Lessons from the March 11, 2011 Great Eastern Japan Disaster is held by the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,USA.★ |
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2013.2.6 |
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The Reconstruction Promotion Committee approves the Reconstruction Promotion Committee FY2012 Report on Discussions.★
Section 6. "Keeping Records of the Disaster and Passing the Lessons Learnt on to the Next Generation (Tasks)", states that "In promoting the construction of an archive, it would be both practical and effective to focus primarily on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive initiative being undertaken by the National Diet Library, which is already underway. First and foremost, it is important for the National Diet Library to play a central role in collaborating with NPOs, companies and research institutes, and the smooth development is expected." |
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2013.2.25 |
A Working Group of Libraries Damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake is established at a liaison meeting of university libraries, with the National Diet Library named to serve as secretariat.★ |
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2013.3.7 |
The National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) is opened to the public. |
Affiliated archives that collaborated from the start of the project (in alphabetic order)
・Aomori Digital Archive System
・KAHOKU SHIMPO DISASTERS ARCHIVE
・Current Awareness Portal
・National Diet Library Web Archiving Project（WARP)
・National Diet Library Japanese Periodicals Index
・National Diet Library Online Public Access Catalog
・National Diet Library Digital Collections
・Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection
・Japan Atomic Energy Agency's Library Catalog
・Great East Japan Earthquake Archives Fukushima★
・East Japan Earthquake Picture Project★
・Michinoku Shinrokuden System★
・Memories for the Future
・Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive
・Research Center for Cooperative Civil Societies（Rikkyo University）
・CiNii Articles
・JAIRO
・J-STAGE
・NHK Great East Japan Earthquake Archive
・Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters
・FNN Remembering 3/11
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2013.3.25 |
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The third round table meeting of the project to construct the infrastructure for the "Great East Japan Earthquake Archive" is held.★
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2013.3.26 |
The NDL, in collaboration with the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, commemorates the launch of HINAGIKU with symposium on The Will to Preserve and the Effort to Hand Down to Future Generations Records of the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive. |
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2013.3.29 |
The HINAGIKU system developed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is transferred to the NDL. |
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2013.4.24 |
The NDL and International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University conclude an Agreement for Mutual Cooperation. |
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2013.4.30 |
The National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake archive metadata schema is opened to the public.★ |
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2013.5.10 |
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications revises its Guidelines for Subsidies to Promote the Utilization of Information and Communication Technology (Special Account Budget for Reconstruction from the Great East Japan Earthquake) by adding a Project to Promote Digitalization of Records from Affected Areas for establishing digital archives related to the earthquake. |
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2013.5.20
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The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announces its Guidelines for Establishment and Operation of Digital Archive Related to Earthquake Disasters.★ |
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2013.6.4 |
An application programming Interface (API) for HINAGIKU is opened to the public.★ |
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2013.6.5 |
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The Reconstruction Promotion Committee issues an interim report entitled "Towards the Creation of New Tohoku".★
Article Ⅱ"Towards the Creation of New Tohoku", section 4 Directions of Policies and Measures>(1)③"Sharing consciousness of disaster prevention at the level of the populace" stated "Promoting the development of facilities and the establishment of archives to pass on the records of the Great East Japan Earthquake to subsequent generations". |
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2013.8.7 |
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New collaborations
Remembering 3.11: Records of the Great East Japan Earthquake ★ |
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2013.8.20 |
The NDL reports on the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (HINAGIKU) at the 79th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress in Singapore. |
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2013.11.1 |
"Meeting on the interim report from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake" is held. |
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2013.11.8 |
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New collaborations
・Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives
・NWEC Women and Disaster Archive★ |
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2013.11.22 |
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New collaboration
The Shinsai bunko (Sendai City Library Collection of materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011)★ |
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2013.12.4 |
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New collaboration
NHK Great East Japan Earthquake Sound Archives |
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2013.12.13 |
A Workshop for Cataloging and Preserving Documents, Photographs, and Animations Related to the Great East Japan Earthquake -Benefiting from Experience and Know-How Acquired during Support Activities to the Affected Areas is held.★ |
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2013.12.17 |
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The New Tohoku Public and Private Partnership Promotion Council is established, with the Reconstruction Agency named to serve as secretariat. |
| 2014.1.9 |
"The workshop related to the earthquake Archive - From the experience of NZ Canterbury earthquake and the Great East Japan Earthquake" is held.★ |
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2014.1.10 |
"The first liaison meeting of the Great East Japan Earthquake archive with concerned ministries and agencies" is organized by the NDL, the Cabinet Office, and the Reconstruction Agency. They request collaboration for the preservation of the official documents related to the earthquake. |
New collaboration
Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster Materials Collection★ |
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2014.1.11 |
An" International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive―Community memories for the future―" is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Sendai City.★ |
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2014.3.11 |
The NDL starts approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.★ |
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2014.3.12 |
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New collaboration
The Simplest Explanation of The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission Report |
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2014.3.14 |
"The collaborative liaison meeting related to the earthquake records of the National Diet Library and the prefectural libraries" is held.★ |
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2014.3.31 |
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New collaboration
The Great East Japan Earthquake Fukushima Prefecture Reconstruction Library |
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2014.4.2 |
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New collaboration
Aomori Disaster archive |
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2014.4.18 |
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The Reconstruction Promotion Committee formulated "Towards the Creation of "New Tohoku" (Recommendations)".
Section Ⅱ."Towards the Creation of "New Tohoku"" states that in addition to the items summarized by "The Interim Compilation of Discussions", sorting out the current status after "The Interim Compilation of Discussions" and showing the vision which should be shared with "Public" and "Private".
Section Ⅱ.4 <3> "The vision of "New Tohoku"" states "For sharing knowledge about reconstruction of the Great East Japan Earthquake with each country,
the Committee will catch a chance of "The third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction" (March.2015 in Sendai Japan) and advance the preparation for sending items such as activities and current state of reconstruction by the government and private citizens, the lessons of the disaster, disaster management measure technology, and so on".
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2014.6.12 |
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New collaboration
Record of earthquakes in the histories of municipalities
(Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library)
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2014.7.17 |
"National Diet library and National, Public and Private University Library Cooperation Committee" approves "the final report from the Committee's Working Group of Libraries Damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake ~ from recording the facts to recording the mind" and the dissolution of " The Working Group of Libraries Damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake".★ |
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2014.7.23 |
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New collaboration
Japan Society of Civil Engineers Great East Japan Earthquake Archive★ |
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2014.8.20 |
A "Workshop on Organization and Preservation of Documents and Photos Related to the Great East Japan Earthquake: To Utilize the Experience and Know-Hows of Support Activities in Disaster Affected Regions " is held at Morioka City.★ |
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2014.10.1 |
From the display list of the search result on HINAGIKU, "the administrative document file management data set (disclosure of official information)" in the official web portal of Government of Japan named "e-Gov" becomes searchable.★ |
New collaboration
Center for remembering 3.11 |
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2014.10.15 |
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New collaboration
Disaster Management Library Catalog |
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2014.10.21 |
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New collaborations
The Nagaoka Post-Disaster Reconstruction Collection
(Historical Archive Section of the Nagaoka City Central Library)
Database of Disaster Information Materials
（Chuetsu Organization for Safe and Secure Society）
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2014.11.30 |
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Collaboration ends.
The Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive is closed. The contents from
7 groups and 11 people are transferred to HINAGIKU.
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2014.12.5 |
"The collaborative liaison meeting FY2014 related to the earthquake records of the National Diet Library and the prefectural libraries" is held at Fukushima City.★ |
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