Media Preference, Information Needs, and the Language Proficiency of Foreigners in Japan after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Media Preference, Information Needs, and the Language Proficiency of Foreigners in Japan after the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Abstract After the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the Japanese government identified the lack of proficiency in the Japanese language as one characteristic of foreigners that should be considered in disaster prevention planning. This article seeks to understand how proficiency in a local language...

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Main Authors: Akiyuki Kawasaki, Michael Henry, Kimiro Meguro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-02-01
Series:International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
Subjects:
2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
Disaster information
Foreign population
Internet-based media
Language proficiency
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13753-018-0159-8

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