disaster management

BELOW The earthquake and tsunami of 2011, which caused damage to many archaeological sites across Japan, is the subject of a new museum that opened in Fukushima this spring.

Ten years on from disaster

Urajiri is in the town of Minami Soma, impacted both by the tsunami and the meltdown, evacuated as it was in the exclusion zone around the stricken power plant. Archaeology is providing a focus for rebuilding community identity.

Tidal wave: the day Japan shook

Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in Spring this year, archaeologist Simon Kaner insists there is much to celebrate about the country’s heritage – and much to mend.