Japanese Journal of JSCE
Online ISSN : 2436-6021
Technical Report
TO BUILD A RELATIONSHIP OF MUTUAL TRUST IN OFFICIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR RECONSTRUCTION: CONTRIBUTION BY JAPAN TO DISASTER RISK REDUCTION POLICY IN INDONESIA
Naoto TADA
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2023 Volume 79 Issue 1 Article ID: 22-00006

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 An earthquake occurred in Central Sulawesi Province, Indonesia in September, 2018. It killed about 4,500 people by Tsunami which attacked within few minutes from earthquake and by huge landslides brought by liquefaction (Nalodo), which is a rare phenomenon in human history. The author, who was dispatched as JICA Expert to National Disaster Risk Reduction Agency in Indonesia, assisted Government of Indonesia in composing Reconstruction Master Plan with the help of other JICA Experts, Japanese academic researchers and consultants. In this process, the author gave technological explains of Tsunami dike and clarified the mechanism of the large-scale landslide by liquefaction. The result of dedicated efforts by Japan had Government of Indonesia entirely rely on Japan when they faced or disaster risk reduction policies such as large-scale floods. The author analyzed the reason why Japan got trust of Indonesia, and provided a helpful perspective on Japanese Official Development Assistance.

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