Resilience is strengthened when it is shared: a decade of lessons from Japan's mega disaster
Image View looking down at Utatsu Community in Minami Sanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture from Mishima Shrine in August 2011 March 11, 2011 is a special day for many Japanese people.It is a day that we remember the jolting magnitude 9 earthquake that shook the nation, and the unbearable shock and sorrow of witnessing many lives, livelihoods, and entire towns swallowed by the tsunami. At the same time, it was a day that many of us made a promise that we would do whatever it takes to help avoid this kind of tragedy from happening again, anywhere in the world. For many of us, it was the day we ...
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