How has the Tohoku Earthquake promoted Globalization?
The environmental stress in Japan caused an outpouring of international support and globalization. Due to the surplus of existing technology and communication, particularly the internet, the news of the disaster was spread quickly, all around the globe. With this information, international assistance was able to be coordinated from over 90 countries and 9 international organizations only three days after the disaster began.The United States alone provided $100,000 in immediate disaster relief assistance, while the Maldives donated 86,400 cans of their tuna for food shortages, worth around $93,700. After one year almost ¥28.7billion had been donated and 930,000 people had assisted in the relief efforts. When a disaster as massive as this one strikes, the globe comes together to help their fellow man.
How has the Tohoku Earthquake promoted local culture?
The Tohoku earthquake and tsunami is one of many natural disasters that has hit the island in its long history. These events have spurred disaster nationalism: when a country or region is united by shared grief or suffering after a disaster. The Japanese culture has always valued family ties, a social hierarchy, and a collective spirit, bonding over their shared disasters. This was evident in the aftermath, in juxtaposition to the chaos following disaster in New Orleans and Haiti. Reports from the days following the disaster show residents patiently waiting in lines, cutting back on energy and opening up their homes to their fellow Japanese.