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▼ 2011-2013

▼ 2014-2016

Date	Milestones in the development of the National Diet Library Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU	Major events
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.★
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★	27
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.★
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.★
2014.3.12		New collaboration The Simplest Explanation of The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission Report	28
2014.3.14	"The collaborative liaison meeting related to the earthquake records of the National Diet Library and the prefectural libraries" is held.★
2014.3.31		New collaboration The Great East Japan Earthquake Fukushima Prefecture Reconstruction Library	29
2014.4.2		New collaboration Aomori Disaster archive	30
2014.4.18				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".
2014.6.12		New collaboration Record of earthquakes in the histories of municipalities (Saitama Prefectural Urawa Library)	31
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".★
2014.7.23		New collaboration Japan Society of Civil Engineers Great East Japan Earthquake Archive★	32
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.★
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	33
2014.10.15		New collaboration Disaster Management Library Catalog	34
2014.10.21		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）	36
2014.11.30		Collaboration ends. The Rikuzentakata Earthquake Archive is closed. The contents from 7 groups and 11 people are transferred to HINAGIKU.	35
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.★
2015.1.11	A " Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY2014 : Current status of the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive in its Fourth Year, and actions for the future" is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University and Sendai City.★
2015.1.15		New collaboration Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake★	36
2015.3.3		New collaboration niconico★	37
2015.3.4	The NDL carries out approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.
2015.3.14-3.18	Booth exhibition and poster exhibition of the Public Forum Event in the third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai City.★			The third UN World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction
2015.4.1		New collaborations Kuji-Noda-Fudai Disaster Archive★ Koriyama Disaster Archive★	39
2015.4.16		New collaboration Disaster Information Laboratory, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience Catalog★	40
2015.5.12		New Collaboration 311 Documentary Film Archive	41
2015.6.19		New collaboration Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Miyagi	42
2015.6.24			42	Reconstruction Promotion Council approves "Recovery and Reconstruction Projects after FY2016". ★ The last 5 years (FY2016~FY2020) of the Reconstruction Period are designated as "Reconstruction and Revitalization Period".
2015.6.29		New collaboration Memories of Hamadoori: Disaster Archive for the future★	43
2015.7.6		New collaboration Urayasu Disaster Archive★	44
2015.7.27	A "Workshop on Organization and Preservation of Documents, Photos, and Videos Related to the Great East Japan Earthquake: To Utilize the Experience and Know-Hows of Support Activities in Disaster Affected Regions " is held at Sendai City.★
2015.11.19	"The collaborative liaison meeting FY2015 related to the earthquake records of the National Diet Library and the prefectural libraries" is held at Morioka City.★
2015.12.7		New collaboration Mie Disaster Mitigation Archive★	45
2015.12.22				The United Nations General Assembly determines November 5 as "World Tsunami Awareness Day".
2016.1.8		Collaboration ends. Aomori Digital Archive System is closed and transferred to Aomori Disaster Archive.	44
2016.1.11	An" International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY2015―Disaster Archives as community memories for the future―" is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Sendai City.
2016.2.9		New collaboration Fukushima Nuclear Accident Archive (FNAA)	45
2016.3.1	The NDL carries out approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.
2016.3.11				"Basic Guidelines for Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in the 'Reconstruction and Revitalization Period' " is approved by the Cabinet.★ "Section 3. Image of Reconstruction & Memories and Lessons Learned from the Disaster" states in order to hand down the variety of lessons learned, including damage from the disaster and the concept of "disaster reduction", to the next generation and apply this to future disaster prevention and reduction measures, the consolidation and summary of initiatives that have been carried out throughout reconstruction, including reconstruction methods, will be promoted in cooperation with the HINAGIKU.
2016.3.31				Concentrated Reconstruction Period (FY2011~FY2015) ends.
2016.4.1				Reconstruction and Revitalization Period (FY2016~FY2020) starts.
2016.4.14				An earthquake whose seismic center is Kumamoto Prefecture with a seismic intensity of 7 occurs.
2016.6.1		Collaboration ends NHK Great East Japan Earthquake Sound Archives is closed and integrated with the NHK Great East Japan Earthquake Archives.	44
2016.6.20	HINAGIKU questionnaire has been conducted until September 23. ★
2016.6.27	A "Workshop on Organization and Preservation of Documents and Photos Related to the Great East Japan Earthquake: To Utilize the Records and the Testimonies of the Disaster" is held at Fukushima City.★
2016.9.28	HINAGIKU system is redesigned on abolition of timeline display and map display function, and introduction of text search function.
2016.10.31				The Japanese Cabinet approves a measure to establish national commemorative sites to recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, and Ishinomaki, Miyagi.★
2016.11.1	"The collaborative liaison meeting FY2016 related to the earthquake records of the National Diet Library and the prefectural libraries" is held at Sendai City.★

▼ 2017-2020

▼ 2021-

Date	Milestones in the development of the National Diet Library Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU			Major events
Date	Milestone	Affiliated Organizations	Number of affiliations	Major events
2021.1.11	"The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium FY 2020: Ten Years Past and Ten Years Future" (Online event) is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Sendai City.★
2021.2.27-28	Cooperation with the Great East Japan Earthquake 10-Year Disaster Area Library Earthquake Archive Special Exhibition, Sendai City.★			The Great East Japan Earthquake 10-Year Disaster Area Library Earthquake Archive Special Exhibition "100,000 Books Tell the Story of the Great East Japan Earthquake" ★
2021.3.3	The NDL carries out approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.★
2021.3.4	The NDL receives data from the "Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake" (closed on November 30, 2020) and transfers it to HINAGIKU.	Transferred Archives of agricultural, fishery and forestry cooperative organizations' activities for the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake★	53
2021.3.9				Basic Guidelines for Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake from the "Second Reconstruction and Revitalization Period" is approved by the Cabinet.★ As described in "section 3. Passing on Lessons and Memories to Future Generations", the project aims to establish national memorial and prayer facilities in Fukushima Prefecture, and identify effective reconstruction methods and efforts, as well as providing information and enlightenment to related organizations.
2021.3.19	The NDL receives data from the "Digital Archive of the Red Cross Nuclear Emergency Information Center" (closed on March 31, 2021) and transfers it to HINAGIKU.	Transferred Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives	53
2021.5.24	Final Report of the Collaborative Liaison Meeting related to the Earthquake Records of the National Diet Library and the Prefectural Libraries is published.★
2021.9.8		New collaboration Iwaki 3.11 Memorial and Revitalisation Museum disaster Archival Search★	54
2021.10.1		New collaboration Disaster Reduction and Human Renovation Institution★	55
2021.11.6-7	The NDL participates in the "National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2021"★			"National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2021"★
2022.1.4				The "Digital Archives of Kumamoto Disasters" of Kumamoto prefecture changes its name from the "Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake".
2022.1.10	"The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium FY 2021: Preserving, Sharing, and Using Records of Earthquakes" is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Sendai City. ★
2022.2.25		New collaboration ABC TV The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake 1995 recorded interview video archives	56
2022.3.1	The NDL carries out approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.★
2022.3.18	The NDL receives data from the "Ibaraki Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Digital Archive" (closed on March 31, 2022) and transfers it to HINAGIKU.	Transferred Ibaraki Prefecture Great East Japan Earthquake Digital Archive★	57
2022.7.1		New collaboration Digital Archive Map of Disaster Monuments (National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED))★	58
2022.9.27		Collaboration ends. The Great East Japan Earthquake Archives Fukushima was closed.	57
2022.10.13	The NDL participates in the "National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2022"★			National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2022★
2023.1.9	"The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium FY 2022: Connecting disaster records to the Next Generation" is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Sendai City. ★
2023.2.13		New collaboration 2014 Kamishiro Fault Earthquake Archive (Shinshu University Hirouchi Lab)★	58
2023.3.1	The NDL carries out approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.★
2023.3.10-12	The NDL attends the exhibition and gives a presentation at the booth in "International Disaster Risk Conference 2023 in Sendai".			International Disaster Risk Conference 2023 in Sendai

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Date	Milestones in the development of the National Diet Library Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU			Major events
Date	Milestone	Affiliated Organizations	Number of affiliations	Major events
2011.3.11				The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake occurrs.
2011.3.25				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.★
2011.4.11				"Holding of the Reconstruction Design Council in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake" is approved by the Japanese Cabinet.★
2011.5.10				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".
2011.5.24				"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".
2011.7.29				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".
2011.8.11				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".
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.★
2011.9.12				The Grea t East Japan Earthquake archive project "Michinoku-Shinrokuden" is started by the Research Group on Disaster Prevention and Management at Tohoku University.★
2011.10.7				"Act on the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission" (FY2011 Act Article 112) is promulgated.★
2011.11.20				The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission is established.
2011.11.21				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).
2011.12.2				The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission of Tokyo Electric Power Company releases the "Fukushima Nuclear Accident Analysis Report (Interim Report)".★
2011.12.14				"Act on Special Zones for Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake" (FY2011 Act Article 122) is promulgated.★
2011.12.26				The Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company releases the "Interim Report".★
2012.1.11				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.★
2012.2.10				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.
2012.2.23	The press release titled "About the efforts for building the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive" is issued.★
2012.3.8				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)★
2012.3.14	Symposium "Acquiring and preserving memories of 3.11: Establishing a Great East Japan Earthquake Archive " is held.★
2012.3.31				・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.★
2012.4.1				The international Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University is established.
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.
2012.5.1	"Basic Policy for the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Project" is formulated.★
2012.6.20				The Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission of Tokyo Electric Power Company releases the "Fukushima Nuclear Accident Analysis Report".★
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.
2012.7.5				The National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission releases the "The official report of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission".★
2012.7.6	"The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Action Plan" is formulated.★
2012.7.13				"Basic Guidelines for the Reconstruction and Revitalization of Fukushima" is approved by the Japanese Cabinet.
2012.7.23				The investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of Tokyo Electric Power Company releases the "Final Report".★
2012.9.19				Nuclear Regulation Authority is established.
2012.9.28				The Japanese Cabinet approves the abolition of Investigation Committee on the Accident at the Fukushima Nuclear Power Stations of the Tokyo Electric Power Company. ★
2012.10.23				The first round table meeting of the project to construct the infrastructure for the "Great East Japan Earthquake Archive" is held.★
2012.10.24				The Secretariat of the National Diet of Japan Fukushima Nuclear Accident Independent Investigation Commission is closed.★
2012.11.5-12.7	The National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake archive (beta version) opened to the public.★
2012.12.26				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.★
2013.1.11				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.★
2013.1.23				The second round table meeting of the project to construct the infrastructure for the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive is held.★
2013.1.24-1.25				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.★
2013.2.6				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."
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.★
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	21
2013.3.25				The third round table meeting of the project to construct the infrastructure for the "Great East Japan Earthquake Archive" is held.★
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.
2013.3.29	The HINAGIKU system developed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications is transferred to the NDL.
2013.4.24	The NDL and International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University conclude an Agreement for Mutual Cooperation.
2013.4.30	The National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake archive metadata schema is opened to the public.★
2013.5.10				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.
2013.5.20				The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications announces its Guidelines for Establishment and Operation of Digital Archive Related to Earthquake Disasters.★
2013.6.4	An application programming Interface (API) for HINAGIKU is opened to the public.★
2013.6.5				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".
2013.8.7		New collaborations Remembering 3.11: Records of the Great East Japan Earthquake ★	22
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.
2013.11.1	"Meeting on the interim report from the working group on libraries damaged during the Great East Japan Earthquake" is held.
2013.11.8		New collaborations ・Red Cross Nuclear Disaster Resource Center Digital Archives ・NWEC Women and Disaster Archive★	24
2013.11.22		New collaboration The Shinsai bunko (Sendai City Library Collection of materials related to the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011)★	25
2013.12.4		New collaboration NHK Great East Japan Earthquake Sound Archives	26
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.★
2013.12.17				The New Tohoku Public and Private Partnership Promotion Council is established, with the Reconstruction Agency named to serve as secretariat.

Date	Milestones in the development of the National Diet Library Great Eastern Japan Earthquake Archive HINAGIKU			Major events
Date	Milestone	Affiliated Organizations	Number of affiliations	Major events
2017.1.20	An "International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2016: Advancing and deepening Disaster Archives six years after the earthquake disaster" is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Sendai City.			The "Japan Disasters Digital Archive" of the Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies at Harvard University changes its name from the "Digital Archive of Japan's 2011 Disasters".
2017.3.1	The NDL carries out approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.
2017.3.31		New collaboration Radiation Medical Science Center for the Fukushima Health Management Survey Digital Archive	45
2017.6.30				The revision of "Basic Guidelines for the Reconstruction and Revitalization of Fukushima" is approved by the Japanese Cabinet.★ "The third section 10(8) The state of reconstruction and the memory and the lessons of the earthquake disaster" states "we shall approach to the movement to establish a government memorial site to pray (tentative name) and a center of information transmission (archive) in cooperation with Fukushima prefecture etc. for transmitting our strong will toward reconstruction domestically and internationally along with commemorating and reposing of souls of the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake and transmitting the memory and the lessons of the earthquake disaster to posterity".
2017.9.1				The Japanese Cabinet approves a measure to establish national commemorative sites to recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake in Namie, Futaba, Fukushima in addition to sites in Rikuzentakata, Iwate, and Ishinomaki, Miyagi.★
2017.11.25-28	The NDL attends the exhibition and gives a presentation at the booth in "A mass meeting of Disaster Prevention Promotion 2017".			・World Bosai Forum / International Disaster Risk Conference 2017 in Sendai ・"A mass meeting of Disaster Prevention Promotion 2017"★ is held at November 26-27.
2018.1.11	"The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium FY 2017: Significance of earthquake disaster archives carried out by prefectures damaged during the disaster" is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Sendai City.★
2018.1.27	The NDL sponsors a booth and passes out pamphlets in "Gyutto Bosai Expo! 2018".★			Gyutto Bosai Expo! 2018：A one-day exhibition for learning disaster prevention and mitigation★
2018.3.1	The NDL carries out approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.★
2018.3.15		New collaboration Iwate Earthquake Tsunami Archive "Hope"	46
2018.3.29		New collaboration Kumamoto Earthquake Digital Archive	47
2018.8.29	The NDL reports current status and future issues of the Great East Japan Earthquake (HINAGIKU) at the 84th International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) World Library and Information Congress in Malaysia.
2018.8.31	The NDL and the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience conclude a cooperation agreement.
2018.10.13-14	The NDL holds the session "A portal site of records related to earthquake disasters: Let's use the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive" and attends the poster exhibition in "a mass meeting of Disaster Prevention Promotion 2018".★			A mass meeting of Disaster Prevention Promotion 2018★
2019.1.11	"The Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Symposium FY 2018: Conveying records related to earthquakes: natural disasters and disaster prevention education" is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Sendai City.★
2019.3.1	The NDL carries out approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.★
2019.3.8				A revised version of the "Basic Guidelines for Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake in the Reconstruction and Revitalization Period" has been approved by the Cabinet.★ "Section 3. Image of Reconstruction & Memories and Lessons Learned from the Disaster" states that although it has been eight years since the disaster, in order to ensure that individual memories are not forgotten while conveying to future generations the concept of disaster reduction together with other various lessons learned from the disaster experience, and in order to apply effectively both private sector know-how and government initiatives for reconstruction measures to helping prevent, reduce, and effect recovery from future disasters, we will, in cooperation with the HINAGIKU project, continue to consolidate and summarize initiatives not just for implementing reconstruction but for addressing the many other issues related to achieving reconstruction.
2019.3.11		New collaboration 311 Iwate NPO Flyer Archive★	48
2019.3.13		New collaboration Repository of Natural Disaster Documents of IWATE★	49
2019.3.29				The "Digital Archives of the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake" of Kumamoto prefecture changes its name from the "Kumamoto Earthquake Digital Archive".
2019.4.1				"Iryo Sosei University" changed its name from "Iwaki Meisei University".
2019.4.3				A newly redesigned Institutional Repositories DataBase (IRDB) (National Institute of Informatics) also incorporates the Japanese Institutional Repositories Online (JAIRO).
2019.10.19-20	The NDL attends the poster exhibition in "National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2019"★			"National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2019" ★
2019.11.9-12	The NDL attends the exhibition and gives a presentation at the booth in "International Disaster Risk Conference 2019 in Sendai".			"International Disaster Risk Conference 2019 in Sendai"
2019.12.20				The "Basic Guidelines for Reconstruction in Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake after the Reconstruction and Revitalization Period" has been approved by the Cabinet.★ In "Ⅱ.１.(3) Dissemination of reconstruction and passing on the memories and lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake to future generations", it is written that, through cooperation with HINAGIKU, effective reconstruction methods and approaches will be disseminated and promoted along with private know-how in order to pass on the memories and lessons of the Great East Japan Earthquake to future generations so they may utilize them for future disaster prevention and reduction measures as well as reconstruction.
2020.1.10		New collaboration Database of Disaster Photos★	50
2020.1.11	"International Symposium on the Great East Japan Earthquake Archive FY 2019: Facilities and archives commemorating the disaster" is held in collaboration with the International Research Institute of Disaster Science at Tohoku University, Sendai City.
2020.1.22		New collaboration Keep telling the stories of the Chuetsu Earthquake for future generations★	51
2020.2.17	A National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive disaster prevention workshop is held in Morioka (with support from Iwate prefecture).★
2020.2.28		New collaboration Online Database of Materials on Earthquake Disaster	52
2020.3.2	The NDL carries out approaches for posting photographs and videos or providing information about websites together with cooperating institutions or projects collecting records of the earthquake.★
2020.7.3		New collaboration Tsumugi: The Otsuchi Disaster Archive★	53
2020.10.3	The NDL participates in the "National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2020" (Online event)★			"National Conference for Promoting Disaster Risk Reduction 2020" ★

Chronology（History）

1 Great East Japan Earthquake Archive Project

2 About the National Diet Library Great East Japan Earthquake Archive (Nickname: HINAGIKU)

3 Great East Japan Earthquake recovery measures

4 Frequently Asked Questions

5 About interaction with HINAGIKU

6 Copyright/Links

7 Reproduction of contents/API usage

8 Disclaimer

9 Inquiries

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