Lessons from the 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami for Canada's Humanitarian Sector

The overall impact of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami was substantial. The roads and rail lines leading to the tsunami-devastated zone were either destroyed by the tsunami or blocked by the radiation zones from Fukushima. In the 2011 disasters, a distinction must be made between the tsunami-affected region and the Fukushima nuclear incident. During the latter, the government’s failure to adequately control the sharing of information has led some to conclude the nuclear crisis was a man-made disaster.