Disaster prevention and mitigation through information dissemination
J:COM works with local governments and partners to provide information on safety and security in the region through community channels, etc. In addition, since December 2015, it has been distributing video works related to the Great East Japan Earthquake entitled "Disaster Archives" with the aim of not letting the memory of the disaster fade away and sharing thoughts on recovery with those affected.
Providing information on safety and security
Safe and secure programs and videos
This is J:COM Safety and Security Division
The program introduces local initiatives on the themes of disaster prevention, crime prevention, and various safety and security related to daily life. J:COM reporters with deep local roots thoroughly cover safety and security initiatives in small communities such as neighborhood associations and apartment complexes, as well as initiatives undertaken by the entire town, and deliver them in 3-minute summaries that can be easily viewed and used as reference. This program can also be viewed outside the broadcast area via the local information app "Do-Local", the official YouTube channel, and the SNS note.
Initiatives with the Japanese Red Cross Society
We plan to work in collaboration with the Japanese Red Cross Society to implement measures to more widely disseminate the knowledge and experience gained by both parties regarding disaster prevention and mitigation.
Learn how to prepare for disasters in 3 minutes - Disaster Prevention Guide! -
Are disaster prevention measures and preparations in place?
We have put together an easy-to-understand video of what to do in the event of a disaster, how to respond to rescues, and how to prepare in advance. Check it out just in case.
Information dissemination media
Community channel
We broadcast information needed in the local area on two community channels, "J:COM Channel" and "J:Tele."
The "J:COM Channel" broadcasts local disaster prevention and crime prevention information in peacetime through news and programs such as "This is J:COM Safety and Security Division."
Local information app
The local information app "Do-Local" delivers live camera footage from over 100 locations, including coastal, river and traffic information, as well as push notifications for disaster information such as earthquakes and tsunamis. It also delivers programs useful for disaster prevention and mitigation, such as "This is J:COM Safety and Security Department" and "J:COM Disaster Prevention Navi!", so please check them out to prepare for emergencies.
In addition to live camera footage, we also broadcast live news programs that tell you what's happening in the area, traditional festivals and fireworks displays, and local election coverage, and you can also watch sports support programs, history programs, music programs, and more in the environment of your choice.
Initiatives to pass on the story of the earthquake
We believe that it is important to pass on the lessons learned from disasters to the next generation through "traditional activities," and are working to archive them as video. Currently, we are delivering documentaries produced by cable television companies in Tohoku and videos of people engaged in storytelling activities in Tohoku, titled "Voices of Storytellers Connecting to the Future," via the Internet and video-On Demand (J:COM STREAM).
Earthquake Archive “Voices of Storytellers Connecting to the Future”
We are working with the 3.11 Memorial Network, a public interest incorporated association that works to preserve the history of the earthquake disaster, to distribute videos of storytellers from Tohoku.
We will preserve the memories and lessons of the earthquake, which must never be forgotten, as footage to pass them on to future generations and to 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
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)
Earthquake Archives Programs produced by the Japan Cable Television Association and its branches
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
