“Create a city where no one will die in a tsunami again”
Mr. Tobata, who till final yr served because the mayor of Rikuzentakata City in Iwate Prefecture, has been engaged on the restoration from the Great East Japan Earthquake with this sturdy need in thoughts.
Rikuzentakata City was hit by a tsunami of as much as 17 meters, killing greater than 1,800 individuals.
Mr. Toba, who has made many troublesome and unprecedented selections to rebuild the devastated city, hopes that now that he has retired from his function as mayor, he’ll use his expertise in future catastrophe prevention and reconstruction of the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake. I’m making it stronger.
(Morioka Broadcasting Station reporter Akiko Tenma)