Program Overview

Many disasters, including the Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in 1995, the Great East Japan Earthquake in 2011 and the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake in 2018, have also struck Japan. In Kobe, we now find ourselves in a sizestuation where we can look back on the reconstruction period from our current standpoint, arrange the changing issues and efforts along a timeline, then consider what is needed for the best reconstruction methods, in addition to what we should have done better.
Meanwhile, with the Tohoku region still in mid-reconstruction, we are at a stage where we can look back on the reconstruction process up to now while reexamining the future course thereof. Examination of these two reconstruction phases, together with that of the Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake also still in mid-reconstruction, allows us to consider our overall approach upon handling  future disaster recoveries in Japan. Under this program, we provide training in a residential format so as to nurture the knowledge and thinking ability necessary for building resilient societies of the future.

Schedule Overview