Study about situation and role of Japan Self-Defense Forces Retired officials in Disaster prevention/crisis management division at Local Authority

Abstract

After Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, some local authorities started to employ retired officials of Japans Self Defense Force(JSDF) as staff and/or manager of its disaster prevention / crisis management division. The number of them is incleasing especially after The Great East Japan Earthquake. However, there is no academic research for understanding the entire situation of its movement. This paper tried to describe a full picture of situation and role of JSDF retiered officials as a member of disaster management division in local authority in Japan.