Reflections from Sendai: lessons for Australia

Created 16/10/2025

Updated 16/10/2025

It's hard to believe eight years has passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred that devastated so much of Japan. In November, I was very fortunate to participate in a United National International Strategy for Disaster Reduction meeting in Sendai, which included two days of site visits to areas hit by the tsunami.

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Title Reflections from Sendai: lessons for Australia
Language eng
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Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/6eba2f37-90d9-4e24-af59-764825534bec
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Reference Period 04/05/2018
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Reflections from Sendai: lessons for Australia". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/reflections-from-sendai-lessons-for-australia