Diaspora and Disaster : : Japanese Outside Japan and the Triple Catastrophy of March 2011 / / Christian Tagsold, Andreas Niehaus.

On March 11, 2011 the North-East of Japan was hit by a massive magnitude 9 earthquake. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami that destroyed farmland, cities, factories and the infrastructure of the coastal regions and also caused the nuclear meltdowns in the Fukushima Daiichi Powerplant. In media...

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Place / Publishing House:Düsseldorf : : düsseldorf university press, , [2016]
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Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
Series:Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung
Physical Description:1 online resource (118 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Diasporas: Communities of Practice, Economies of Affect
  • Mourning for Whom and Why? 3/11 and the Japanese in Düsseldorf, Germany
  • "Even if it is Just a Little Help for the Victims from the Distant Belgium": Japanese Nationals in Belgium and the 3/11 Triple Disaster
  • 3/11 and the Japanese in London
  • The Triple Disaster as an Opportunity to Feel Japanese Again in Hawaii
  • Disaster, Donations, and Diaspora: The Response of the Japanese-Brazilian Community of São Paulo to the Triple Disaster of 2011
  • About the Authors