Efforts related to the Great East Japan Earthquake
J:COM will continue to disseminate information and carry out support activities in the disaster-stricken areas for the purpose of earthquake recovery. We support recovery efforts by preparing in advance for increasingly severe disasters, providing early evacuation in the event of a disaster, sharing examples of recovery efforts, and collecting donations.
Since December 2015, we have been distributing video works related to the earthquake disaster under the title "Earthquake Archive" with the aim of preserving the memory of the disaster and sharing our thoughts on recovery with those affected. Currently, documentaries produced by cable television companies in Tohoku and videos of storytellers in Tohoku called "Voices of Storytellers Connecting to the Future" are available on the Internet and on video-On Demand (J:COM STREAM). .
Receipt of donations to support recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake
Video On Demand is distributing the ``Earthquake Archive'' series as a ``Donation On Demand Demand'' content that allows you to donate with just a TV remote control. You can make a donation by watching a program for a fee, and J:COM will add the same amount to the program viewing fee you receive and give it to organizations involved in activities related to earthquake recovery support.
Earthquake archive "Voice of storyteller connecting to the future"
We believe that it is important to pass down the lessons learned from disasters to the next generation, and we are working to archive them in the form of videos.
Visualization of storyteller activities of the Great East Japan Earthquake
The 3.11 Memorial Network, a collaborative organization for handing down earthquake disaster lore”, we are distributing videos of storytellers in Tohoku.
The memories and lessons learned from the disaster that must never be forgotten will be preserved in the form of images that will be passed on to the future without fading, and will be useful for disaster prevention and mitigation in each region.
In cooperation with the 3.11 Memorial Network, a public interest incorporated association, which is a collaborative organization for preserving disaster stories, the storyteller activities were made into a video.
Broadcast on community channels and free distribution on J:COM STREAM, YouTube, etc.
Hiroyuki Abe, Minamisanriku Town, Motoyoshi District, Miyagi Prefecture
(J:COM Sustainability Activities | Earthquake Archive “Voices of Storytellers Connecting to the Future ~Minamisanriku Town, Motoyoshi District, Miyagi Prefecture”Playing time: 33:27)
Hiroyuki Abe, director of the Sanriku Recovery Tourism Concierge Center, is engaged in unique recovery tourism and storytelling activities based on his own experiences with the disaster. Based on the limitations of conventional disaster prevention techniques that we learned from the Great East Japan Earthquake, we are strongly conveying to the next generation the importance of coexistence with nature and the ability to survive with limited infrastructure.
Recorded: December 2023
Shun Ito, Minamisanriku Town, Motoyoshi District, Miyagi Prefecture
(J:COM Sustainability Activities | Earthquake Archive “Voices of Storytellers Connecting to the Future ~Minamisanriku Town, Motoyoshi District, Miyagi Prefecture Edition II~”Playing time: 42:28)
Shun Ito, the representative of the Minamisanriku Town Development Platform, conducts storytelling activities in the form of bus tours. Minamisanriku Town has suffered damage from tsunamis in the past, but it is said that the lessons learned have been passed down and many lives were saved during the Great East Japan Earthquake. Please take a look at the message that Mr. Ito will pass on to the next generation.
Recorded: December 2023
Yu Iwakura, Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture
(J:COM Sustainability Activities | Earthquake Archive “Voices of Storytellers Connecting to the Future ~Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture Edition II~”Playing time: 53:30)
Yu Iwakura, who was in the second grade of elementary school at the time of the earthquake, is now a university student. I am sharing my experiences from that time in Nagoya, where I went to university. Mr. Iwakura survived despite losing the town where he was born and raised. Overcoming his struggles, he continues to convey his message in places far away from Tohoku, ``I want everyone to see the earthquake as their own personal experience.''
Recorded: November 2023
Visualization of traditions other than the Great East Japan Earthquake
In addition to visualizing the storytelling activities of the Great East Japan Earthquake, we have also started visualizing the records and memories of various past disasters.
By taking up examples from various regions, we will distribute videos so that more people can make disaster prevention and mitigation their own.
Great Kanto Earthquake Edition Kazuko Hoshino
(J:COM Sustainability Activities | Earthquake Archive “Voices of Storytellers Connecting to the Future ~Great Kanto Earthquake Edition~”Playing time: 24:47)
In September 2023, it will be 100 years since the Great Kanto Earthquake. As a special edition of the earthquake disaster archive, we interviewed Ms. Kazuko Hoshino of the Odawara Shidankai, who is working on "rubbed copies" that copy the stone monuments of the earthquake. Please take a look at the memory of the Great Kanto Earthquake in Odawara, which is close to the epicenter, and the message conveyed by history.
Recorded: July 2023
Cooperation with the symposium hosted by the 3.11 Memorial Network
The earthquake disaster tradition symposium, which is held every year by the 3.11 Memorial Network, a public interest incorporated association, will be distributed from J:COM 's YouTube channel. We will deliver videos of demonstrations of handing down activities, keynote speeches, and panel discussions with young people working on handing down the earthquake disaster. Please take a look at the people who continue to convey their memories of the earthquake. (*This is an archived video that was live streamed in 2022)
The 4th Great East Japan Earthquake Tradition Symposium “To the Future”
(J:COM CSR Activities | 3.11 Memorial Network 4th Great East Japan Earthquake Tradition Symposium “Towards the Future”Playing time: 4:03:17)
- Date: Saturday, March 19, 2022, 13:00-17:00
- Venue: Kamaishi Civic Hall TETTO Hall A (1-1-9 Omachi, Kamaishi City, Iwate Prefecture)
- Organizer: 3.11 Memorial Network
- <Notice>
On Saturday, February 18, 2023, the 5th Great East Japan Earthquake Tradition Symposium -Thinking about the Future of Tradition from Fukushima- will be held. The event will be streamed live on YouTube. Learn more Please refer to the.
Earthquake disaster archive Programs produced by the Japan Cable and Telecommunications Association and each branch
In order to give as many people as possible an opportunity to think about disaster prevention and mitigation, in addition to distributing fundraising content on video-On Demand, we have released some works of the "Earthquake Disaster Archive" series for free on this site.
"Yu" life that was kept alive
("Yu" life that was kept alivereplay time: 59:07)
Nine months after the earthquake in Kesennuma, the story depicts the growth of a girl, and entrusts it to the future in which the reconstruction of the city and human conflicts are highlighted.
Production work: Japan Cable and Telecommunications Association, film production company "Kumie"
Director/Photography: Miho Hojo Supervision: Naomi Kawase
Broadcast: March 2012
