The Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster and Population Changes

Takashi Abe was born in 1947, Akita, Japan. Takashi Abe did B.A. (Geography) at Faculty of Science, Tohoku University (1969), Master of Science (Geography) at Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University (1971). Takashi Abe is Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor at Miyagi Gakuin Women’s College and Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University, Sendai, Japan (1975–2002). Takashi Abe is Professor Emeritus at Miyagi Gakuin Women’s University (2002), Professor at Japan Women’s University, Faculty of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Kawasaki, Japan (2002–2015), Professor Emeritus at Japan Women’s University (2015), and Doctor of Science at Tohoku University (2022).

Introduction: Demography of Natural Disasters.- Population Changes and Natural Disasters in the Tohoku Region since the Latter Half of the 19th Century.- Demographic Changes in the Tohoku Region due to the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.- Changes in Migration Patterns in the Tohoku Region due to the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.- Changes in Population Trends in the Tohoku Region due to the Great East Japan Earthquake Disaster.- Epilogue.