Endless Reconstruction Project | NSF PROJECTs

Project Concept

Reframing the Current Reality of Disaster-Affected Areas to Never Let Reconstruction "End"

The Great East Japan Earthquake, and as time passed, the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake. As media coverage decreases over time, real challenges and lessons in disaster-affected areas tend to be buried. Through thorough "learning, dissemination, and proposals" by youth, we take initiative to prevent disaster memories from fading and continue passing them to the future.

Project Overview

Project Leader

Gishin Takaesu

Start Date

May 2025

Members

5 Members

Our Mission

We prioritize action to let people across Japan and future generations "know" about earthquakes, reconstruction, and the people working dedicatedly in local areas.

Three Pillars of Activity

1. Multifaceted Field Research

Directly approaching local governments, support groups, educational institutions, and residents. Highlighting recovery progress and latent issues from multiple perspectives.

2. Digital Communication from Youth Perspectives

Publishing research results and local voices via social media and the web. Creating opportunities for students of the same generation to feel distant disaster areas as a personal matter.

3. Sustainable Proposals for the Future

Going beyond mere records to restructure mechanisms as wisdom for future disasters. Shaping social proposals to enhance disaster awareness.

Next Stage

From Noto,
and to Fukushima.

Carrying the experience gained from Noto, the project expands to the next land of recovery.

FUKUSHIMA 2026 — ACTIVE

Fukushima Project Underway

As time passes since the Great East Japan Earthquake, we re-examine the current reality of the area and envision a new map and recovery story for Fukushima from the next generation’s perspective.

View Fukushima Theme Project

CONTACT & COMMUNITY