AIMS/INTRODUCTION We investigated impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake on diabetic patients and characterized those with disaster-susceptible diabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS We enrolled 497 diabetic patients who had been followed at hospitals in devastated areas. We collected metabolic parameters prospectively, 1 and 3 months after the earthquake, and retrospectively for pre-earthquake ...

AIMS While previous studies reported a short-term increase in individual cardiovascular disease (CVD) after great earthquakes, mid-term occurrences of all types of CVDs after great earthquakes are unknown. We addressed this important issue in our experience with the Great East Japan Earthquake (11 March 2011). METHODS AND RESULTS We retrospectively examined the impact of the Earthquake on the...

e examined ambulance records from Miyagi prefecture and reported that the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including heart failure (HF), acute coronary syndrome (ACS), stroke, and cardiopulmonary arrest, had increased after the Great East Japan Earthquake (magnitude 9.0 on March 11, 2011).1 However, because the ambulance records were made in the emergency rooms by doctors who were ...

In 2011, the huge tsunami caused by the great east Japan earthquake devastated many infrastructures in pacific coast of north eastern Japan. Particularly, collapse of bridges caused a traffic disorder and these collapse behaviors led to delay of recovery after the disaster. In this study, the bridge wash away accident is selected as a target issue, and it is represented by a numerical simulatio...

The Great East Japan Earthquake occurred at 14:46 on Friday, March 11, 2011. It was the most powerful known earthquake to have hit Japan. The earthquake triggered extremely destructive tsunami waves of up to 40.5 meters in height. evacuation from tsunami. Then we analyze about ships evacuation from tsunami using multi-agent simulation and we want to prepare for a coming earthquake. We developed...

The Japan Medical Association (JMA) trains and coordinates medical teams, known as Japan Medical Association Teams (JMATs), to respond in the event of a disaster or other largescale medical emergency. In response to the Great East Japan Earthquake, the JMA, which comprises 160,000 members, deployed JMATs to the 4 prefectures with the most devastating conditions: Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, and Ib...

BACKGROUND Physical inactivity is a health issue that often occurs after serious disaster. Social factors, which can be disrupted by disaster, are important determinants of physical activity levels in everyday living. This study was designed to confirm the association between social factors and physical activity among elderly survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake. METHODS From Septembe...

This letter summarizes three talks in the tutorial session of the 13th Asia-Pacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS2011), which focused on the disaster recovery and further emergency management regarding the Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011. We present the damage and restoration of communication networks and points to a future disaster-resilient society. key words: disast...

This paper examines the short-, mediumand long-term impacts of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, which, like the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, inflicted devastating damage, on the labor market of the disaster-affected areas.This analysis might help us draw up a long-term vision of the reconstruction of the eastern Japan areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake. To sum up o...