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Long Term Recovery from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster.- Reconstruction Plans and Planning Process After the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.- Rebuilding Livelihoods after a Tsunami: Policies, Programs and Implementation in Rebuilding from the Great East Japan Earthquake.- Reconstruction of Small Fishery Villages in Sanriku Coast after the 2011 Great East Japan Tsunami.- Lessons Learned from Two Villages in the Tsunami Most Affected Area of Banda Aceh City: A Review of the Housing Reconstruction and the Current State of Village Development.- Accomplishments of the South Coastal Thai Communities after the 2004 Tsunami in the Restoration Process: A case Study in Ranong Province.-Reconstruction Process and Social Issues after the 1746 Earthquake and Tsunami in Peru: Past and Present Challenges after Tsunami Events.- Tsunami Warning System in Thailand: A Part of Reconstruction Process after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami.- Effects of the Offshore Barrier Against the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami and Lessons Learned.- Determination of the Boundary Between the Tsunami Level 1 and Level 2 Based on Numerical Model and GIS Application at the Reconstruction Area in Japan.-Effectiveness of Real-time Near-field Tsunami Inundation Forecast for Tsunami Evacuation in Kushiro City, Hokkaido, Japan.- Advanced Real Time Monitoring System and Simulation Researches for Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Japan.- Seawall Performance along Southern Coast of East Japan Impacted by the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami: A Note for the Reconstruction Process.- A Consideration to the Resiliency of Protective Structures Against Tsunami.- Serious Erosion of the Southern Sendai Coast due to the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami and its Recovery Process.- Dwellings and Industrial Damages: Residual Vulnerability under Tsunamis, Floods and Earthquakes to be Considered in Restoration.- Debris Management and Contamination in theAftermath of March 11, 2011; Impacts and Restoration -Miyagi Prefecture.- The Agri-reconstruction Project and Rapeseed Project for Restoring Tsunami-Salt-Damaged Farmland - An Institutional Effort.- Human Attempts at Mangrove Rehabilitation & Natural Vegetation Colonization after Seismic and Tsunami Events in Simeulue Island and Singkil Lagoon, Aceh, Indonesia.