About 40% of municipalities in three prefectures in northeastern Japan hit hard by the March 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami face difficulties in conducting disaster education for children born after the incident, a Jiji Press survey has found.
The survey of boards of education in 42 municipalities in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures was conducted between January and February, and 37 of them gave replies. Of these, 16 said that disaster preparedness education for elementary and junior high school students ¡°faces hurdles.¡±
¡°It¡¯s hard to make them see an event before they were born as an issue that concerns them personally,¡± said an official at the board of education of Tagajo, Miyagi Prefecture.
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