The New Trend of Disaster Mitigation Education in Japan

To have the students realize the importance of human lives, helping each others, and the human wisdom during the recovery from the disaster.

Many guest teachers are invited to school to talk what they experienced during the disaster and what they are now doing to cope with the next disaster.

The students realize the importance of human lives and t helping each others by hearing the stories by the guest teachers. School teachers don't need to emphasize these values by superficial moral education.

The students learn the importance of the preparedness by the stories of real experiences, such as the insufficient preparedness and the terrible damages as a result, the fearful feeling of the disaster, and so on.

The students learn the human wisdom, capacity, and potential by the real stories.