Abstract
Many prefectures in Tohoku and Kanto districts suffered badly from the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The Food Industry is no exception. The intent of this research is to clarify the initial damages and the current situation to examine countermeasures against disaster from the viewpoint of risk management and risk communication. In August 2011, we visited 2 food companies, which are located Aomori prefecture and Iwate Prefecture, to conduct interviews and to observe factories. In this paper, real damages and countermeasures of these companies are reported. For example, for these 2 food companies, unexpected 3-day electrical outage and several-weeks shutoff of transportation network gave severe impacts on food production process.
