Natural Disasters and Gender Statistics: Lessons from the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami [PDF]

One year and three months have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the north-east coast of Japan. Since then, the affected areas have been working to stabilize living circumstances as quickly as possible and to bring about a return to normal local life; various measures have been put in place in order to achieve this goal. While the response to this disaster continues, it is emergently required to improve and strengthen disaster prevention and mitigation measures in anticipation of a similarly large-scale event in the future.