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80% believed fake rumors of crime by foreigners in Japan after quake: poll "Fake rumors of rampant crime by foreigners in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami six years ago were believed by over 80 percent of respondents in a recent survey of people who said they had heard them" The article looks at the spread of rumours about crimes by foreigners after 3/11, and at the actual crime rate, as well as similar rumours after other disasters in Japan. Mainichi Shimbun, 13 Mar 2017.
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EDITORIAL: Foreigners need to be included in response efforts to disasters "Japanese society urgently needs to incorporate people who have come from abroad into its efforts to prepare for disasters and establish systems to support relief activities and evacuations in emergency responses. The efforts should involve both Japanese and foreign nationals working as partners, not as aid providers and recipients." Asahi Shimbun, 17 Jan, 2019.
Tokyo's foreign residents prepare for worst at multilingual disaster drill On the heels of a year marked by natural disasters — and with thousands of foreign workers expected to enter the country over the next few years — the Tokyo Metropolitan Government hosted a disaster drill Wednesday in Setagaya Ward to prepare foreign residents for the worst-case scenario. Japan Times, 16 Jan, 2019.
Japan must improve its disaster services for foreigners Emergency information needs to address the specific needs of tourists. Nikkei Asian Review, 09 Oct, 2018.
3.11: The Latest Chapter of Filipina Migrants’ Experience in Japan This articles describes the challenges faced by the Filipino community in Tohoku after 3.11 and some of their responses to it, as well as giving general information about the situation of Filipinos in Japan. Kyoto Journal, 4 Sep 2013.
Learning from Japan’s 3.11: Traditional Storytelling and Migrant Integration By Flavia Fulco, Assistant Professor at the University of Toyama This articles includes discussion of the progress that has been made towards the inclusion of migrants in Disaster Risk Reduction practice. Migrants in Countries in Crisis, June 7, 2018.
Forgotten and unattended: refugees in post-earthquake Japan by Katsunori Koike. "Despite being a world leader in disaster preparedness, Japan paid scant attention to the needs of one of its most marginalised social groups after the 2011 earthquake. Refugees and asylum seekers suffered restrictions on movement, increased impoverishment and shortage of essential information." Forced Migration Review, Oct 2011.
Tokyo NPO founder shows foreign residents how to survive disasters Japan Times, 31 Jul 2016.
Putting a foreign face on the 3/11 recovery effort This article looks at the stories of foreigners who have contributed to relief efforts after the Great Tohoku Earthquake. Japan Times, 2 Mar 2015.
Banned from working, asylum seekers are building Japan's roads and sewers This article mainly focuses on Kurdish asylum seekers on provisional release who have to work demolishing houses, even though they don't have work permission, in order to survive in Japan. But it also briefly discusses relief work that these Kurdish asylum seekers did in Tohoku after the 3.11 disaster. Reuters, 8 Aug 2016.
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