Agricultural and Forestry Reconstruction After the Great East Japan Earthquake

Two and a half years have now passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake, but a range of challenges still hamper the revival of the agriculture, forestry, and fi shery industries in the area affected, and circumstances remain diffi cult. The revival of these industries is particularly delayed in Fukushima Prefecture, where tsunami damage and radioactive contamination resulting from the Fukushima nuclear accident were compounded by reputational damage as a result of the contamination. On behalf of Tokyo University of Agriculture, I visited the city of Soma in Fukushima Prefecture immediately after the earthquake and ensuing disasters, and promised the mayor, Hidekiyo Tachiya, that the university would join forces with Soma to restore the city’s devastated agricultural and forestry industries. Since then,
the university as a whole has implemented a wide range of initiatives to help with the revival of Soma’s community. Here at Tokyo University of Agriculture we consider it our duty to nurture talented individuals who can use practical science to contribute to the development of agriculture, forestry, and fi sheries. It seemed only natural, therefore, that we should get involved in efforts to restore the disasterstricken region.
[Cham: 2015]

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