Abstract
The great earthquake and tsunami hit the Tohoku, Central and north of Japan on March 11,2011. Also many strong aftershocks occurred in the long term until June in 2011. The earthquake including aftershocks and tsunami awfully damaged the buildings and building facilities. This paper provides a summary of the investigation, mainly carried out by the Japan Elevator Association, and a summary of the typical damages of elevators' and escalators' equipment and of the building walls concerned with elevators and escalators, in order to contribute to improve the earthquake-resistant design for the forthcoming earthquake.
