To inform the audience on the recovery process after the Tohoku natural disaster events

To provide information to the audience on the rehabilitation process after the Tohoku natural disaster incidents.

Specific Goal: At the conclusion of my lecture, the audience will understand how economic and social recovery is intertwined.

The main idea is: The infrastructure is being restored, but personal and neighborhood recovery is slow and will take years.

Recovery from the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami

The activities that happened in Japan on March 11, 2011, will be remembered as the deadliest day in the country’s history. The 9.0 magnitude earthquake rocked Tohoku, triggering a huge tsunami and a nuclear disaster that spread about six miles inland, damaging homes, bridges, and utilities. Sadly, over sixteen thousand people have died. Today, as we reminisce the day, Japan has never completely healed.

Preview: Recovery and reconstruction are still in progress, but families and communities still hurt directly and indirectly from the aftermaths of the earthquake. Their recovery is bound to take longer than the physical recovery.

Transition: In relation to these assertions, I look at some if the under mentioned changes that have happened since March 11, 2011

Body:

Main point

Firstly, there is evident growth in the country in terms of infrastructure.

The article _x0093_Six Years after the 3/11 Disasters._x0094_ (n.p.) notes that almost 96% of land that had been consumed by seawater in Miyagi has been restored.

Moreover, the outcomes of intensive work mark also the 90% of rails and roads renovation to the level of full functionality.

These improvements indicate part of the concerted efforts that are still in progress.

Transition: Other than physical recovery, emotional recovery amongst the victims has been going on, albeit at differing angles.

Main point

Communities and families still undergo diverse direct consequences as a result of the earthquake.

The article by Mizuho touches upon the story of Miura, an elderly whose house was destroyed and the son lost a job.

These effects reverberate in the family to date as the man has to fend for the son as he tries to put up the structure that was his house (Mizuho n.p.).

Recovery for such families has been slow and can still be witnessed today. Fukushima still reels from the nuclear leakages it experienced after the onslaught by Mother Nature.

Transition: Above the direct consequences, indirect effects have been affecting the recovery.

Main point

The memories of the losses are still etched in the minds of most Japanese that witnessed the day, and luckily made it through. Harris (n.p.) narrates different stories of various people who saw their friends and relatives succumb.

Their lives are in one way or another affected by the aftermath of the earthquake today.

They either live in anguish from the consequences or amid the rumbles and the processes of building up.

Many people narrate how they live affecting the victims that were rendered disabled.

Conclusion.

In essence, Japan is still reeling from the consequences of 3/11. Recovery is evident from the reconstruction of infrastructure which is still going on to date. However, the people_x0092_s recovery has been marred by bitter memories that still affect them and families that still agonize to this day. 3/11 was a terrible day for Japan, and there is still more that needs to be done for the families to recuperate, inasmuch as the day cannot be erased.

_x000c_Bibliography

Aoki, Mizuho. _x0093_Survivors fall Between Cracks of Reconstruction System._x0094_ Japan Times, 2017, features.japantimes.co.jp/march-11-recovery/. Accessed 4 Jul, 2017.

Harris, Mark Edward. _x0093_Five Years after Japan_x0092_s 3/11 Quake, Survivors Find Relief in Recovery._x0094_ Vanity Fair, 2016, www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/03/japan-311- earthquake-five-years-later. Accessed 4 July, 2017.

_x0093_Six Years after the 3/11 Disasters._x0094_ The Japan Times, 2017, www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2017/03/10/editorials/six-years-311-disasters/#.WVrG4YSGPak/. Accessed 4 Jul 2017.