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Abstract:

Almost seven years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. The village of Kawauchi, which retains the appearance of Japan from days gone by, has been known since that day as a “disaster afflicted area”. This talk will consider the route that the village has taken as it strives to become the irreplaceable hometown for people that it once was.

Speakers’ Profile:

Yuukou Endo was born on January 9, 1955, After graduating from the Faculty of Education at Fukushima University he went on to run his own business while becoming a member of the Kawauchi village assembly in April 1999 and mayor in April 2004. He is now in his fourth term as mayor of Kawauchi, and has also held the positions of head of the Futaba-area Municipal Committee and General Manager of the Futaba Wide Area Municipality Association. He is chairman of the Fukushima Municipal Support Agency, chairman of the Kawauchi Social Welfare Counsel, chairman of the Kawauchi Physical Education Association, chairman of the Alliance for the Promotion of Improvement of the Main Regional Road Ono /Tomioka Line, and chairman of the Fukushima Prefecture Counsel for the Promotion of Water Source Forest Creation. His hobbies are mountain stream fishing from the first day of the season and reading, and in his university days he belonged to the Folk Dancing Club.