Today's print edition Home Delivery on Saturday to remember victims of flooding and mudslides caused by heavy rain from Typhoon Hagibis five years ago said in a speech at the ceremony that was attended by about 60 people including four bereaved family members.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); "We'll continue to move forward with the aim of creating a town where people can live safely and securely." "When I see people who look like my mother in the town "I'm sad that people have died in other disasters as well We must evacuate swiftly during a disaster," he said At least 90 people were killed in heavy rain across the country after Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in the Izu Peninsula on the night of Oct and moved across eastern and northeastern Japan In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division please disable the ad blocking feature and reload the page This website uses cookies to collect information about your visit for purposes such as showing you personalized ads and content By clicking “Accept all,” you will allow the use of these cookies Users accessing this site from EEA countries and UK are unable to view this site without your consent Heso daikon is prepared by cutting the vegetable into thick slices boiling them and then skewering the slices before hanging them out to dry for about a month because the hole created by the skewer looks like a navel The daikon’s flavor is enhanced when exposed to cold air making it a good ingredient for oden or stews prepare heso daikon each day from around 3:30 a.m so the heso daikon should taste good,” Sato said “I’m looking forward to many people eating the daikon.” Heso daikon will be available at produce stands in Marumori and supermarkets in the prefecture from early February Our weekly ePaper presents the most noteworthy recent topics in an exciting © 2025 The Japan News - by The Yomiuri Shimbun 2022年12月2日（金）、帝京大学八王子キャンパスにて外国語学部外国語学科准教授 西向堅香子による「国際ボランティアと地域理解」の授業の中で、外務省国際協力局国別開発協力第3課の丸森隆史首席事務官によるODA（政府開発援助）出前講座が行われました。本講座では、本学外国語学部の3～4年生を対象に「日本の開発協力」をテーマとし、ODAとは何かから始まり、日本の強みを生かして行われている国際協力活動や世界に貢献する日本のODAなど、公的資金が投入される事案だからこそ、学生自身が正確に理解することが求められていると説明しました。参加した学生たちからは、「ODAの基本情報から細部まで行っている支援内容を聞くことができたため、深い理解を得られました」「ODAをより身近に感じられるようになりました。発展途上国の影響だけではなく、先進国が途上国を援助することによって受ける影響も聞けたのが貴重でした」「自分たちの税金が何に使われていて、誰の助けになっているのかを勉強できたので、興味が出ました」など、ODAを学生自身の問題ととらえた視点での感想が寄せられました。 講座内容以外にも、外務省について関心を示す学生からの質問にも答えていただくなど、近い距離感での学びの場を提供してもらったことで、積極的に発言をする機会に恵まれ、学生にとって有意義な時間になりました。また、学生たちは難民や教育、さまざまな格差問題などSDGs課題に興味を持っていることから、本日の講座をきっかけに、さらに学びを深め、広げていくことが期待されます。 外務省ホームページ：ODA（政府開発援助） 外国語学部についてはこちら 帝京大学のSDGsについてはこちら トピックス一覧へ Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako on Thursday visited areas in northeastern Japan that were hit by a powerful typhoon in October to encourage the victims in the couple's first trip to disaster-hit regions since the emperor's enthronement in May The couple visited Marumori in Miyagi Prefecture as well as Motomiya in Fukushima Prefecture to see areas that were inundated as Typhoon Hagibis passed including a total 17 in the two municipalities (Empress Masako (center L) and Emperor Naruhito (R))[Pool photo] The visit followed the completion earlier this month of a series of ceremonies marking the imperial succession After arriving in Marumori on a Self-Defense Forces helicopter and visiting an area where a river had overflowed the couple met affected people including Masao Takano who has been living in temporary housing since his home was destroyed by the typhoon I am glad you were safe," the emperor told Takano "I hope your life will be more settled," the empress told him The couple then went to Motomiya to view an area where an embankment along the Adatara River had collapsed and met with victims at a welfare facility Ten people died in Marumori and seven in Motomiya as a result of the typhoon according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency the couple visited disaster-stricken areas to offer condolences and encouragement former Emperor Akihito and former Empress Michiko The current emperor and empress had extended their sympathies to the victims of the typhoon and expressed their desire to visit the affected areas the couple's parade to mark the enthronement was postponed to Nov Japan postpones debate on imperial succession as divide surfaces Conservatives submit ex-imperial member restoration proposal to Abe IN PHOTOS: Japanese Emperor Naruhito's enthronement parade To have the latest news and stories delivered to your inbox Simply enter your email address below and an email will be sent through which to complete your subscription Please check your inbox for a confirmation email Thank you for reaching out to us.We will get back to you as soon as possible Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Keywords:　Civil Society / Local Issues　Money　Newsletter　Resilience　 Image by Hajime NAKANO Some Rights Reserved Imagine all the shops disappearing from where we live; what could we do on such an occasion many grocery shops have closed their doors This month's JFS Newsletter introduces the reality of population decline and aging in rural areas and efforts by local people to fight against the closing of shops During the period of rapid economic growth from the mid-1950s to 1973 Japan underwent a major industrial shift away from primary industries such as agriculture toward secondary and tertiary industries such as manufacturing and the service sector who formerly would have remained in their hometown and worked as farmers moved to urban areas as factory workers after graduation Fewer young people means fewer babies to be born so rural areas are suffering from population decline and aging According to data released by the Japanese government in April 2017 while the population of underpopulated districts accounts for only 8.9 percent of the nation's total the land area of these districts accounts for nearly 60 percent of Japan's national territory Underpopulated areas suffer additionally from aging problems Data from 2010 show that senior citizens aged 65 years or older accounted for 22.8 percent in Japan overall 10 percent higher than for the whole nation various kinds of problems occur: closed hospitals people have to go a long way by car to buy things some areas protect their local shops by founding citizen-funded shops we talked by phone with the staff of five shops to gather information 'Ohari Bussan Center Nandemoya' in Marumori Delivering Food to 'Shopping Refugees' using Mobile Stalls Located in a mountainous district at a distance of 10 kilometers from Marumori's town center Miyagi Prefecture has a population of 800-odd Since the last retail store in the district closed in 2002 it had been difficult for the inhabitants to buy even daily necessities some local volunteers got up and opened a joint-financed outlet in 2003 with the backing of the local inhabitants The outlet was named Ohari Bussan Center Nandemoya (meaning "whatever-you-want store" in Japanese) So far the outlet has accepted an investment of 2.6 million yen (about U.S.$23,000) in total: about 2 million yen (about U.S.$18,000) from about 20 local investors about 400,000 yen (about U.S.$3,600) from 200 local households Nandemoya sells everything from everyday miscellaneous goods locally cultivated vegetables and packed lunches to commonly-enjoyed dishes and farm equipment The outlet contributes to the community by selling everyday necessities from a mobile stall to the elderly who might otherwise become "shopping refugees." Nagano Prefecture Attracting Young People by Looking like a Convenience Store Furusato Center Yamada was established in September 2007 to sell food and everyday necessities to about 400 households in the Nakayama District of Takayama The decision of JA (Japan Agricultural Cooperatives) to abolish its Suko Yamada Branch was the impetus for establishing the center Facing protests from local inhabitants against the abolishment JA offered to sell shares at 30,000 yen (about U.S.$270) a piece in June 2007 collecting 7.74 million yen (about U.S.$70,000) from 150 inhabitants was set up in July 2007 and the shop started operating in September 2007 The shop has a space where local old-timers can rest and enjoy talking together resuming its operation as Y Shop Furusato Center Yamada Y Shops are community-based shops organized by the Yamazaki Baking Co The convenience store-style shop attracts young shoppers with children Residents Help Restore a Community Base: 'Community Ukisato Minna no Mise' in Matsuzaka located about 30 minutes by car from the center of Matsuzaka in Mie Prefecture The town's inhabitants have had to overcome various difficulties such as plans to abolish the route bus in 1988 withdrawal of the JA outlet in 2003 and closure of post office in 2007 When abolishment of the route bus was under consideration the residents opened an "early bird market" to sell fresh vegetables to visitors from urban areas When the post office and JA outlet were closed the residents' association started operating a simplified post office every household in the residents' association invested 10,000 yen (about U.S.$90) to operate Community Ukisato Minna no Mise Other money needed for its operation was provided by the residents' association or contributed The facility sells food and clothes to residents and posts area maps of the district for sightseeing visitors 'Yorozuya' and 'Aburaya' --- Initiatives by Kawane Promotion Committee in Kawane Over 300 people live in the Kawane district of Akitakata Faced with the withdrawal of the local JA outlet the Kawane Promotion Committee started operating a store called "Yorozuya" and a gas station "Aburaya," in 2000 with funding from residents to support people's daily lives The committee received investment funds from about 250 households in the area each of which contributed 1,000 yen (about U.S.$9) including a "One-Yen Donation per Person per Day" campaign Such activities have their root in the devastating damage caused by massive flooding in 1972 residents started working proactively and have been continuing their activities with the Kawane Promotion Committee playing a key role Omiya Sangyo Retaining its Store Despite Population Shrinkage --- Omiya The Omiya district of Nishitosa in Shimanto is located near the border with Ehime Prefecture The population of Omiya was about 500 in the 1970s The ratio of people aged 65 and over to the total population in the district is very high which operates a store equipped with a gas station was established in May 2006 when JA closed its Omiya branch Local residents were against the JA branch's closure "Without the JA branch life will be inconvenient." They launched an opposition campaign but the branch's closure was formally settled in 2005 108 residents invested a total of 7 million yen (about U.S.$63,100) to establish their own company grocery store and warehouse for agricultural materials Omiya Sangyo held advisory meetings with representatives from each area several times a year to improve the selection of goods and sales methods The company has made various efforts to contribute to the local community Although it is difficult to maintain the store in the midst of population decline Omiya Sangyo launched liquor sales in 2017 diverse forms of resident-funded stores exist suited to current conditions and the historical background of each area The amount of investment varies from 1,000 yen (about U.S.$9) per unit to tens of thousands of yen depending on the presence or absence of subsidies from the local government and differences in initial costs incurred investment by all the households in the community has created a sense of "our store" even though the amount invested was small keeping stores open will be a major challenge in an aging there are examples of residents establishing cooperative associations to retain community stores a way of raising contributions from large numbers of people through the Internet may enable children and grandchildren living away from home to provide funding for a store in their hometown If you have any examples of keeping a community store around you, please share your information with us using the contact form. https://www.japanfs.org/en/contact/index.html This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License Please view the main text area of the page by skipping the main menu. The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser Japanese version People in Japan mourned the victims of Typhoon Hagibis on Tuesday a month after the powerful typhoon left at least 91 people dead and flooded tens of thousands of homes The typhoon made landfall on Japan's main island Honshu on Oct bringing record-breaking rainfall in wide areas and causing embankments to collapse The deaths occurred in 13 of Japan's 47 prefectures The town of Marumori lost 10 residents due to the typhoon and another remains unaccounted for one month after Typhoon Hagibis swept through the area.) but I managed to survive a month with the help of my relatives and friends," said a 67-year-old woman whose home was destroyed "I am exhausted as I have been cleaning up every day and returning to the evacuation center at night," said Tadao Hoshi who was removing the floors of his flooded home (A man cleans up his storehouse in Marumori A total of 3,185 Marumori residents are estimated to be living in damaged homes accounting for around 20 percent of the town's population Many people came to the town office from the morning to ask about moving into temporary housing and what help they can receive for farming damage Mayor Kunio Hoshina said the town will start construction of temporary housing on Wednesday Roughly 2,700 people remain evacuated from their homes in the country including those affected by heavy rain that followed the typhoon sharply down from the peak of about 237,000 as of Oct (Volunteer workers remove mud from a house in Marumori Labor and Welfare said Tuesday that 26 nursing homes and group homes for elderly people with dementia in seven prefectures remain damaged after flooding Some elderly residents have been forced to move multiple times during evacuation which has had an adverse impact on their health The typhoon caused embankments to collapse in 140 locations along 71 rivers and the damage caused by the flooding of the Chikuma River in Nagano Prefecture and the Abukuma River in Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures was massive (Self-Defense Forces members inspect the extent of damage in Marumori after the area was inundated by Typhoon Hagibis.) A total of 87,896 houses were hit by the typhoon 11,906 damaged and the remaining 64,305 suffering less severe floodwater damage under government criteria Transport and Tourism Minister Kazuyoshi Akaba said his ministry and the Japan Meteorological Agency will review how to release information on rivers as a regional land bureau failed to issue flood information and the ministry's website on water levels became temporarily inaccessible due to a surge in visitors at the time Typhoon death toll rises to 80, search for missing continues Typhoon-hit areas struggle in aftermath of Typhoon Hagibis Typhoon-hit areas brace for more floods as heavy rain may douse again Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit the northeastern Japan prefectures of Miyagi and Fukushima on Thursday to offer encouragement to people affected by deadly Typhoon Hagibis in mid-October according to the Imperial Household Agency The couple will make their first visit to a disaster-hit area since the May 1 enthronement of the emperor The typhoon ripped through a wide area of Japan They will fly to Miyagi aboard a special plane from Tokyo's Haneda airport on Thursday morning and move to the town of Marumori by a Self-Defense Forces helicopter to meet disaster victims there in the afternoon by helicopter and exchange words with victims The imperial couple will fly back to Tokyo from Fukushima airport after inspecting local rivers that overflowed They have extended their sympathy to typhoon victims and have long wished to visit the area Since a series of ceremonies and events marking the emperor's enthronement were completed in early December the agency and the prefectural governments have worked to realize their trip Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday the government will take steps under a special law to fully support people living in areas affected by Typhoon Hagibis which flooded vast areas of Japan with record rainfall and disrupted lifelines a move that will trigger subsidies for recovery efforts and extend exceptions in administrative procedures such as extending the deadline for driver's license renewal "The government will do everything it can to help all people affected by the disaster live their lives without worries once again," Abe told reporters in Miyagi one of the hardest-hit prefectures in northeastern Japan the land ministry confirmed Thursday the typhoon had flooded at least 25,000 hectares on the country's main island of Honshu The deadly typhoon hit farmers hard across the country with damage to agricultural products and facilities estimated at 24.92 billion yen ($230 million) as of Thursday (Photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter Oct shows the characters for "water and food" written on muddy ground in Marumori (A Self-Defense Forces member checks damage at an apple orchard in Nagano Typhoon Hagibis caused rivers to overflow and left more than 100 embankments collapsed the figure more than doubling from Wednesday's count and some 2,200 homes were partially or completely destroyed according to the internal affairs ministry The total flooded area surpassed the 18,500 hectares affected after last year's torrential rain disaster in western Japan large-scale housing collapses and extensive disruptions to electricity water and gas supplies are among the factors the government takes into consideration in determining the severity of a disaster It will be the sixth disaster in Japan to be designated as an extraordinary disaster following such calamities as the 1995 earthquake that hit Kobe and its surrounding region and the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in the northeastern region of Tohoku The weather agency warned of more rain from Friday through Saturday in northeastern and eastern Japan after the typhoon claimed the lives of 77 and left about a dozen missing Temperatures dropped to the season's lows in hard-hit northeastern Japan leaving many evacuees weary after sleeping on thin mats at shelters for days I couldn't sleep well as I also worried whether I can return home," said 56-year-old Tomoko Yamaki at an evacuation center in the town of Marumori in Miyagi Prefecture 4,063 people were taking shelter at evacuation centers in 11 of Japan's 47 prefectures and met with the affected at an evacuation center in Koriyama earlier on Thursday Abe's government has decided to disburse about 710 million yen ($6.5 million) from 500 billion yen in reserves set aside under the fiscal 2019 budget It is also considering compiling an extra budget to finance reconstruction While 31,000 members of the Self-Defense Forces have been mobilized the Defense Ministry has decided to dispatch an additional 200 reserve members as the affected areas need more hands in distributing supplies providing baths and other support for an extensive period It was the first summoning of reserve members since 2011 when northeastern Japan was hit by the massive earthquake and tsunami Cold snap, more rain raise fears in typhoon-hit Japan Japanese version Japanese version ご指定のページは移動したか、削除された可能性があります。恐れ入りますが、「トップページ」または「サイトマップ」から再度お探しください。またはページ上部のサイト内検索をご利用ください。 過去のページは国立国会図書館の「国立国会図書館インターネット資料収集保存事業」ホームページに保存されている場合がありますのでご利用ください。※検索ページへジャンプします。キーワード検索欄にお探しのページのURLまたはキーワード項目に「国際協力機構」と入力し、検索してください。 but the file you have requested either does not exist or has moved Copyright © Japan International Cooperation Agency Typhoon Hagibis made landfall in the Izu Peninsula The storm cut through the eastern part of the island of Honshu 140 embankments along more than 70 rivers throughout the country broke as a result of record rain 93 people were killed and more than 87,000 homes were heavily damaged Some of the most severe damage was seen along the Abukuma River which runs through Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures Levees at 47 locations collapsed along the river and 16 of its tributaries More than 1,000 square kilometers were flooded The typhoon claimed 10 lives in Marumori Town This is the largest death toll of any community along the Abukuma River Large parts of the town's central area were inundated Embankments were ruptured along the Shin-kawa and Uchi-kawa rivers This is believed to have been caused by the "backwater phenomenon." This is when a river is filled with rain water blocking the flow of its tributaries and in turn causing their water levels to rise The town office was flooded and isolated for two days Marumori's sole general hospital was also inundated leading to medical exams being suspended for 16 days Landslides cut off access to the town's mountainous areas Some communities in the Hippo district were isolated for over a week Some estimates show that flooding in an urban area of Motomiya City with five found on the first floor of their homes It is believed they were left with no time to evacuate due to rapidly rising water levels both rivers overflowed and water flowed rapidly into the city the government designated the disaster as "severe" and "extraordinary" as defined in the disaster recovery law This is the second time the designation has been used following the strong earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture in 2016 Nearly 1,500 people continue to live in evacuation centers Sources Maptiles & Geospatial Information by Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI); Maptiles by MIERUNE under ODbL; Integrated Disaster Information Mapping System (DiMAPS) by Ministry of Land Transport and Tourism (MLIT); Water Information System by MLIT; Cabinet Office; Fukushima Prefecture; Miyagi Prefecture Satoshi YamamotoNHK WorldSenior Correspondent 2022 years 4 month 2 Date 20 when 00 minutes Please note that this article contains advertisements Omedetai Atama de Naniyori has released the music video for "Maru Maru Mori Mori!" a song from their first cover album "Omedeta Cover Yokocho ~Ichibangai~" "Omedeta Cover Yokocho - Ichibangai -" is Omedetai Atama de Nani Yori's first cover album It features songs representing a wide range of generations such as "Rattlesnakes Come," "WOW WAR TONIGHT - Sometimes Start a Movement," "Renai Revolution 21," and "Ashita ga Aru Sa," with a diverse voice that makes it hard to believe it's being sung by just one person The music video for "Maru Maru Mori Mori!" 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