Foreword
Masanori Yamamoto, Mayor of Miyako City
In publishing The Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami: Records of Miyako City. Vol.
1, History of Tsunami (Summary Version), I would like once again to pray for the souls of those
who fell victim to the tsunami disaster.
With more than three years having passed since the disaster of Mar. 11, 2011,
I also wish to express my deep gratitude to people from the national government,
prefectural government, municipal governments inside/outside the prefecture, and various
organizations, as well as volunteers for the enormous assistance and cooperation.
Having formulated the Miyako City Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
Revival Plan in Jul. 2012, we at Miyako City are working for restoration with our three
pillars of revival being “Restoration of Housing and Life,” “Industrial/Economic Revival,”
and “Building Safe Communities.” For “Building Safety Communities,” which is one of the
three pillars, we have defined “Succession of Memory of Disaster to Future Generations” as
the direction of our work. We will preserve and compile records of the tsunami disaster and
disseminate the information.
For contents of Vol. 1 (Summary Version), “Part 1: The Great East Japan Earthquake
and Tsunami” contains Special Photographic Issue: Tsunami of the newsletter PR Miyako, and
various data on the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, such as a summary of
damage by the earthquake and tsunami. At the end of the volume is a chronological report
of earthquakes and tsunamis in the Miyako region, which has been compiled from various
historical materials and documents.
As a corpus of records and data of tsunami damage in our City, I am sure that this
volume will endure a long, effective use for study on development of disaster-resistant
towns and awareness-raising/educational activities on disaster prevention.
In closing, I would like to heartily thank the members of the Miyako City Great East
Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Records Editorial Committee, including Chair Yoriko Kanda
and Vice Chair Masaaki Minami, for the kind services, as well as every individual from
related organizations who provided cooperation in collecting materials and records.
Sep. 2014
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| Table of Contents - Outline - |
| Foreword & Preface |
| Special Photographic Issue: Tsunami (PR Miyako , Jun. 1, 2011.) |
| 1. Overview of Earthquake and Tsunami |
| 2. Overview of Damage |
| 3. Status of Responses to the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami |
| 4. Number of People Killed and Missing |
| 5. Number of Houses Destroyed |
| 6. Total Estimated Amount of Damage |
| 7. Chronology of Earthquakes and Tsunamis in the Miyako Region |
