TY - BOOK ID - 85754248 TI - Diaspora and disaster : Japanese outside Japan and the triple catastrophy of March 2011 AU - Niehaus, Andreas AU - Tagsold, Christian PY - 2016 SN - 3110720280 9783110720280 9783957580054 3957580056 PB - Düsseldorf DUP, Düsseldorf University Press DB - UniCat KW - Nuclear power plants KW - Disasters KW - J4219 KW - J4209 KW - Calamities KW - Catastrophes KW - Curiosities and wonders KW - Accidents KW - Hazardous geographic environments KW - Social aspects KW - Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- social policy and pathology -- emergency services (fire department, ambulance services, disaster relief) KW - Japan: Sociology and anthropology -- communities -- racial and ethnic -- emigrants KW - E-books KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE / General. KW - Andreas Niehaus. KW - Christian Tagsold. KW - Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. KW - Japan. KW - Japanese diaspora communities. KW - Japanforschung. KW - Jutta Teuwsen. KW - Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Japanforschung. KW - Niko Besnier. KW - Peter Bernardi. KW - Ruth Martin. KW - Tine Walravens. KW - diaspora studies. KW - disaster studies. KW - Atomic power plants KW - Nuclear power stations KW - Nuclear facilities KW - Power-plants KW - Antinuclear movement KW - Nuclear energy KW - Ausland. KW - Hilfeleistung. KW - Japaner. KW - Reaktorunfall. KW - Solidarität. KW - Tsunami. KW - Kernkraftwerk Fukushima. KW - Fukushima. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85754248 AB - On March 11, 2011 the North-East of Japan was hit by a massive magnitude 9 earthquake. The earthquake was followed by a tsunami that destroyed farmland, cities, factories and the infrastructure of the coastal regions and also caused the nuclear meltdowns in the Fukushima Daiichi Powerplant. In media as well as in research the disaster was perceived as a national catastrophe, overlooking itstransnational character. Japanese diasporic communities worldwide organized support and fundraising events to support the devastated regions and thus showed their solidarity with the homeland. In both transient and permanent Japanese communities being active often became a means to overcome the global, local and personal shockwave of the catastrophe and overcome feelings of insecurity. Yet, the broad variety of activities also furthered diasporic civil society and helped to integrate members of Japanese communities more into the surrounding society. By bringing together disaster studies and diaspora studies and analyzing the reactions of Japanese transient and permanent communities in Ghent, Brussels, Dusseldorf, Sao Paulo, Honolulu and London following the Triple Disaster, this volume will help to get a better understanding of how catastrophes effect diasporic communities. ER -