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Journal of Humanitarian Studies Vol. 1, 2012Northern part of Japan has been repeatedly destroyed by tsunami, the most recent example of which is theGreat East Japan Earthquake of 2011. In 1896, a larg....

Journal of Humanitarian Studies Vol. 1, 2012Northern part of Japan has been repeatedly destroyed by tsunami, the most recent example of which is theGreat East Japan Earthquake of 2011. In 1896, a large-scale tsunami destroyed Sanriku area, northern partof Japan, which killed more than twenty thousand people. The JRCS conducted extensive relief operations,which was the first occasion to alleviate the suffering of victims of a large-scale tsunami. Toyota Collegekeeps 8 volumes of documents on the relief activity.In 1923, Tokyo and its surrounding area were hit by a powerful earthquake, which caused more than onehundred thousand deaths, most of whom were victims of fire. The JRCS conducted large-scale reliefoperations, and almost all of its chapters sent relief teams to the devastated area. The scale of the relief wasso massive that expenditure for the operation was equivalent to the relief activities at the Russo-JapaneseWar which lasted for two years. There are 3 thick files of documents on the earthquake kept at Toyota.3. Access to the Japanese Red Cross ArchivesA researcher should first contact the library of the Toyota College (email address: libr@rctoyota.ac.jp) wellin advance of his or her visit. He or she fills in a form to use the documents. There is no restriction on theuse of the documents, but they are available in microfilm, in order to preserve the original documents. Forinformation on the documents kept at the JRCS Headquarters, please contact its Information Plaza (emailaddress: info@jrc.or.jp)152人道研究ジャーナルVol. 1, 2012