Today's Close-Up S2024E16 - Six Months after Noto Peninsula Earthquake: Can Rural Communities Survive?

Six months after the Noto Peninsula Earthquake, rural communities are struggling to rebuild. Only some residents have returned and extensive damage to infrastructure remains. Concerns about the cost of rebuilding have led to calls for towns to be made more compact, while some communities face the risk of vanishing entirely. But experts on post-disaster reconstruction say there are ways to help. We take a look at the activities of a group of non-residents and see how "tailored reconstruction" can save these communities.

Guest:
Sawada Masahiro (Associate Professor, University of Hyogo Graduate School)