Around 20% of the feeling of reconstruction through the earthquake disaster questionnaire "connection" and "living"

Eleven years after the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, NHK conducted a questionnaire to 1,000 people in the affected areas of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima.

About 20% of the respondents answered that they had a feeling of recovery in terms of "connections between residents" and "lifestyle", and experts point out that there are still issues that remain important in long-term recovery.

From the 1st to the 3rd of last month, NHK conducted a questionnaire on the Internet to 1000 people living on the coasts of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima and in areas where evacuation orders were issued due to the nuclear accident.

The respondents were 580 males and 420 females, with an average age of 51 years.

When asked about the reconstruction situation in the area where they live,

14% said that "reconstruction was completed" ▽

29% said that they were "more advanced than

expected" ▽ 29% said that they were "later than

expected" ▽ "totally advanced" "Not" was 6%

▽ "I don't know" was 21%.

By prefecture, the combined ratio of "reconstruction completed" and "more advanced than expected" was 50% for Iwate, 45% for Miyagi, and 37% for Fukushima.

In addition, when asked if there was a feeling of reconstruction by field,

the percentage of those who answered "I have a feeling" or "I have a slight feeling" was

▽ "Transportation infrastructure such as roads and railroads" 69%

▽ "Government offices" “Public facilities such as hospitals and schools” accounted for 53%, which

was higher than 50% in terms of hardware.

On the other hand,

▽ "regional economy" was 29%

▽ "town noisy" was 26%

▽ "connection between residents" was 20%

▽ "living-friendly" was 19%.

While the infrastructure development is almost complete, such as the Sanriku Coast Expressway, which connects Sendai City and Hachinohe City, Aomori Prefecture, opened in December last year, the reality is that there is little sense of reconstruction regarding the connections and lifestyles of the residents. ..

Professor Reo Kimura of the University of Hyogo, who specializes in social psychology, said, "It is an important point in long-term reconstruction to revitalize the region by recovering the economy and regenerating connections, but due to the influence of the new corona, reconstruction The current situation where is not accelerating has been highlighted. "