Kanamoto Group's Response to Recent Natural Disasters
The Kanamoto Group has marshalled its total capabilities and will continue to assist disaster-stricken regions such as Tohoku and Kumamoto.
Progress on reconstruction and revitalization underway in disaster-stricken regions
Seven years have passed since the occurrence of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Following the “Concentrated Revival Period” through FY2015, we are now nearing the halfway mark of the “Reconstruction and Revitalization Period”, the overall completion period for reconstruction. In the disaster-stricken region, work is progressing on the restoration of towns, including public housing for disaster-affected individuals and Collective Relocation Disaster Prevention Promotion Projects (relocation to higher ground), and on full-scale infrastructure reconstruction, beginning with transportation networks including reconstruction roads, reconstruction support roads, and railways. Work on the “reconstruction to create a local revitalization model” as laid out by the central government is steadily moving forward as well.
In addition, by strengthening cooperation among Kanamoto Group firms and implementing measures such as centralized positioning of management resources, we have created an ongoing support organization to respond to the Kumamoto Earthquake that struck in 2016 and to the typhoon and torrential rainfall disasters that occurred that same year and in 2017 in areas such as Kagoshima and Hokkaido, and are devoting our total capabilities to reconstruction efforts.
Progress on Major Restoration and Improvement Projects
In areas devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster, full-scale reconstruction projects are being
carried out to bring restoration efforts to a successful conclusion. The progress on public infrastructure, particularly
the transportation network, and on town restoration to create new places for victims of the disaster to live and work, is reported below.
■Completed ■Started
Public infrastructure
Coastal measures
Progress rate
Status of restoration and recovery/Status of damage
| Number of districts where construction has started |
462 |
| umber of districts where construction has been completed |
219 |
| Number of districts where construction is planned |
500 |
Reconstruction roads and reconstruction support roads
Progress rate
Status of restoration and recovery/Status of damage
| Length completed |
570km |
| Length in use |
277km |
| Length planned |
570km |
Railways
Progress rate
Status of restoration and recovery/Status of damage
| Length of routes reopened for operation |
2,267km |
| Length of routes damaged |
2,330km |
Harbors
Progress rate
Status of restoration and recovery/Status of damage
| Number of locations where construction has started |
131 |
| Number of locations where construction has been completed |
129 |
| Number of locations where port facilities were damaged |
131 |
Restoration urban development
Disaster public housing
Progress rate
Status of restoration and recovery/Status of damage
| Number of home sites secured |
29,884 |
| Number of homes completed |
25,849 |
| Number of homes planned |
30,553 |
Disaster prevention and collective relocation
Progress rate
Status of restoration and recovery/Status of damage
| Number of areas started |
332 |
| Number of areas completed |
312 |
| Number of areas planned |
333 |
Land Readjustment Project
Progress rate
Status of restoration and recovery/Status of damage
| Number of areas started |
50 |
| Number of areas completed |
17 |
| Number of areas planned |
50 |
School facilities
Progress rate
Status of restoration and recovery/Status of damage
| Number of schools completed |
2,297 |
| Number of applications for school disaster recovery projects |
2,341 |
Source: Prepared based on Current Status of Reconstruction (November 6, 2017 Update) materials from the Reconstruction Agency