抄録
This paper aims to elucidate the real aspect of the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred on M arch 11 in 2011 which is the most destructive natural disaster in Japan’s history by once in a thousand years tsunami. Through the analysis of damage by this earthquake and tsunami, how to enhance the global resiliency and international cooperation for the future effective disaster prevention systems can be clarified, recognizing Japanese past development of disaster countermeasures.